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your top 5 wanted palms

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Hi Palmtalkers,

Just curious to see what would be your top 5 wanted palms (must have)

Even if you can't grow them in your region. 

Would love to see what we come up with.

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These are mine.

Dypsis baronii variation black stem 

Licuala mattanensis mapu 

Cyphosperma balansae 

Cyrtostachys renda 

Areca vestiaria. 

 

 

 

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Well if its just ones I want and currently don't have then -

Cyrtostachys renda

Ceroxylon quindiuense 

Wodyetia bifurcata

Hyphaene thebaica

Brahea armata

The list isn't endless but adds variety. Some I may have soon

 

 

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1 hour ago, palmad Merc said:

Ceroxylon quindiuense are available in Australia both seed and plant. 

 

I expect I could probably find a plant somewhere but both the seed and plant are not common and I'm not sure how tried and tested they are in uk weather. I should have seed soon and can experiment. I expect my list of palms could be quite common ones for you there 

James

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1. Areca catechu dwarf - extreme form with nonexistent petioles

2. Chamaedorea tuerckheimii

3. Livistona exigua

4. Dictyocaryum lamarckianum

5. Lepidorrhachis mooreana

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Meg

Palms of Victory I shall wear

Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise)
Florida
Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal
Elevation: 15 feet

I'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade.

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Colourful selection on  these palms, may need to make a top 10!

Especially Dictyocaryum lamarckianum 

 

 

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Cyrstostachys Renda

Areca vestiaria 

Cocos Nucifera

Licuala Grandis

Dypsis Lastelliana

Can't grow any of them here in coastal Los Angeles :(

 

 

 

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Palos Verdes Estates - coastal Los Angeles - 33°45'N 118°24'W

On a cliff, 2 blocks from the Pacific Ocean. Zone 10b - Sunset zone 24

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These were my top 5:

  1. Phoenix Dactylifera
  2. Cocos Nucifera
  3. Rhapidophyllum Hystrix
  4. Chamaerops Humilis 'Cerifera'
  5. Phoenix Theophrasti

Honorable mention to Sabal Minor 'McCurtain' and Bismarckia Nobilis 'Blue'.  I have most of them at this point.

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Lakeland, FL

USDA Zone 1990: 9a  2012: 9b  2023: 10a | Sunset Zone: 26 | Record Low: 20F/-6.67C (Jan. 1985, Dec.1962) | Record Low USDA Zone: 9a

30-Year Avg. Low: 30F | 30-year Min: 24F

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1. Dictyocaryum lamarkianum

2. Lemurophoenix halleuxii

3. Marojejya darianii

4. Licuala cordata

5. Sabinara magnifica

6. Johannesteijsmannia magnifica

7. Dypsis tokoravina

8. Kerridoxa elegans

Sorry, got carried away.

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Hmm,

Palms:

-Geonoma Epetiolata (will not grow anywhere)

-Licuala Micholitzii

-Licuala Sp. "Fantasia"

-Forest coconut (Voanioala)

-Double coconut 

Cycads:

-Encephalartos Heenanii

-Encephalartos Hirsutus

-Ceratozamia Euryphyllidia

-Ceratozamia Hondurensis

-Zamia Wallisii

One can dream :D

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rare flowering trees, palms and other exotics

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Trachycarpus takil

Lytocaryum weddellianum

Licuala grandis

Bismarckia nobilis

Sabal palmetto

The last two aren't exactly realistic for me right now, they're much too massive for semi-indoor life. But one day I hope to live in a climate that's more compatible with my weather preferences and long wish list of plants.

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 Cocos nucifera

Roystonea regia

Bismarckia Nobilis

Cyrtostachys renda 

Pritchardia pacifica 

If only dreams became reality...in the mean time just drool :drool:

 

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Mine would be,

1. Carpoxylon macrospermum

2. Corypha umbraculifera

3. Bismarckia nobilis

4. Attalea butyracea

5. Phoenix theophrasti

If only I could grow these. :angry:

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I can't plant any of these where I live at the moment but I'd have to go with-

1. Cyrtostachys renda, 2. Pigafetta filaris, 3. Hyophorbe lagenicaulis, 4. Adonidia merrillii, 5. Cocos nucifera 

And it would be pretty cool to have a Hyophorbe americaulis as well :lol:

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Wodyetia x Veitchia - Foxy Lady

Jubaeopsis caffra

Beccariophoenix alfredii

Dypsis lestelliana

Pritchardia pacifica

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Malta - USDA Zone 11a

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1 hour ago, nitsua0895 said:

I can't plant any of these where I live at the moment but I'd have to go with-

1. Cyrtostachys renda, 2. Pigafetta filaris, 3. Hyophorbe lagenicaulis, 4. Adonidia merrillii, 5. Cocos nucifera 

And it would be pretty cool to have a Hyophorbe americaulis as well :lol:

hyophorbe americaulis, now that's one lonely palm.

It needs some siblings... 

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20 minutes ago, SouthSeaNate said:

Wodyetia x Veitchia - Foxy Lady

Jubaeopsis caffra

Beccariophoenix alfredii

Dypsis lestelliana

Pritchardia pacifica

I've written down pritchardia pacifica in my little want book!

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1. Dypsis sp. 'Black Stem'

2. Dypsis sp. 'Bef'

3. Hedyscepe canterburyana

4. Allagoptera arenaria

5. Rhopalostylis sapida

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HHmmm A wish list if all would grow...

1. Kentiopsis piersoniorum

2 Lemurophoenix halleuxii

3. Dictyocaryum lamarkianum

4. Chamaedorea sullivanorum

5. Geonoma epitiolata

... Clinosperma macrocarpa

...Dypsis (can't limit to just 5...haha)

... A nice giant Ceroxylon so I could spot my place from a distance... ;)

 

Yeah... I could be happy with JUST those!! lol

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Zone 10a at best after 2007 AND 2013, on SW facing hill, 1 1/2 miles from coast in Oceanside, CA. 30-98 degrees, and 45-80deg. about 95% of the time.

"The great workman of nature is time."   ,  "Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience."

-George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon-

I do some experiments and learning in my garden with palms so you don't have to experience the pain! Look at my old threads to find various observations and tips!

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Top 5 I could not grow outside here:

1. The tallest coconut palm from the Western Ghats of India

2. Paschalococos disperta (Rapa Nui palm), the extinct Jubaea relative

3. A full grown Doum (Hyphaene thebaica)

4. Coco de mer - Lodoicea maldivica, - a few decades old

5. One of the taller wax palms like Ceroxylon quindiuense

Top 5 I could possibly grow:

1. A mature Brahea berlandieri 

2. Livistona lorophylla

3. Livistona inermis

4. Livistona carinensis

5. A fully fertile Jubaea x Syagrus romanzoffianum (JxQ)

Tom Birt - Casas Adobes, AZ

Hi 58°, Lo 47° - showers

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Casas Adobes - NW of Tucson since July 2014

formerly in the San Carlos region of San Diego

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Archontophoenix myolensis x maxima

Cocos nucifera

Pigafetta elata

Kentiopsis pyriformis

Dypsis leptocheilos

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Westchase | 9b 10a  ◆  Nokomis | 10a  ◆  St. Petersburg | 10a 10b 

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48 minutes ago, RedRabbit said:

Archontophoenix myolensis x maxima

Cocos nucifera

Pigafetta elata

Kentiopsis pyriformis

Dypsis leptocheilos

Here's my dp leptocheilos. 

My baby.... 

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This is very subjective but here are five I love the most right now. And I must stress "right now" as my tastes evolve. Some of my selection here are common but who cares?

Cyrtostachys renda

Copernicia fallaensis

Coccothrinax macroglossa 

Coccothrinax borhidiana 

Coccothrinax crinita

Chambeyronia hookeri

 

 

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16 minutes ago, Cocoa Beach Jason said:

This is very subjective but here are five I love the most right now. And I must stress "right now" as my tastes evolve. Some of my selection here are common but who cares?

Cyrtostachys renda

Copernicia fallaensis

Coccothrinax macroglossa 

Coccothrinax borhidiana 

Coccothrinax crinita

Chambeyronia hookeri

 

 

Yes all great palms,

You need some good space for those puppies. 

I have Chambeyronia macrocarpa but the form, still small and slow ATM. 

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57 minutes ago, Cocoa Beach Jason said:

This is very subjective but here are five I love the most right now. And I must stress "right now" as my tastes evolve. Some of my selection here are common but who cares?

Cyrtostachys renda

Copernicia fallaensis

Coccothrinax macroglossa 

Coccothrinax borhidiana 

Coccothrinax crinita

Chambeyronia hookeri

 

 

I must clarify that I don't personally have a C. fallaensis or C. renda. I love those palms however. I don't have the space for C. fallaensis and I am too cold for C. renda. 

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Dypsis pumila

Dypsis sp. "Big Red"

Lepidorrhachis mooreana

Geonoma atrovirens (can't grow this one)

and a Sabinaria magnifica with 10 feet of trunk

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11 minutes ago, Pando said:

Dypsis pumila

Dypsis sp. "Big Red"

Lepidorrhachis mooreana

Geonoma atrovirens (can't grow this one)

and a Sabinaria magnifica with 10 feet of trunk

Have 2 of these.. :)  .. But Thanks.. Dypsis pumilla was the one I was really thinking, but couldn't remember... so I went with "all Dypsis"... ;) haha

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Zone 10a at best after 2007 AND 2013, on SW facing hill, 1 1/2 miles from coast in Oceanside, CA. 30-98 degrees, and 45-80deg. about 95% of the time.

"The great workman of nature is time."   ,  "Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience."

-George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon-

I do some experiments and learning in my garden with palms so you don't have to experience the pain! Look at my old threads to find various observations and tips!

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Crystostachy Renda.

licuala Map.

Areca vestiaria 

chamberonia watermelon.

any Dypsis or Chamaedorea I don't have.

Top three are just a dream as can't grow them here.

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4 hours ago, Stethoscope said:

Cyrstostachys Renda

Pelagadoxa Henryana 

Johannesteismania altifrons

Verschaffeltia splendida 

Roystonea regia

 

Wow, some big fond palms in this lot. I'd like to find some seeds of these. 

Renda is definitely a favourite for many. 

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2 hours ago, Palms4Steve said:

Crystostachy Renda.

licuala Map.

Areca vestiaria 

chamberonia watermelon.

any Dypsis or Chamaedorea I don't have.

Top three are just a dream as can't grow them here.

Close to what I like! 

I have 80 areca vestiaria seedlings doing well in my greenhouse, bought seeds from tropiscape. Deans a legend. 

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