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We all have our favourites but what about the ones that are Illusive and highly sought after?.

Dictyocaryum lamarkianum

Hyophorbe amaricaulis

Lodoicea maldivica

what about variegation or mutations? 

 

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No one will have Hyophorbe amaricaulis.

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Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

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What are those palms? I bet the female fruits were large and showy! Not searching just sharing Tyrone 

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6 hours ago, greysrigging said:

Shame there's no female plants in the vicinity...
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love that. i also love that livistona inermis on the right! 

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"it's not dead it's sleeping"

Santee ca, zone10a/9b

18 miles from the ocean

avg. winter 68/40.avg summer 88/64.records 113/25

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26 minutes ago, Merlyn2220 said:

I think those are Lodoicea maldivica, they have those really weird-growing seeds.

yep. goes from looking very masculine to very feminine haha

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"it's not dead it's sleeping"

Santee ca, zone10a/9b

18 miles from the ocean

avg. winter 68/40.avg summer 88/64.records 113/25

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4 hours ago, Fusca said:

I doubt that we'll see a thread titled "I germinated a store-bought double-coconut".

Now that's funny. The only double coconut I have seen for sale was a non-viable seed at Dr Marty Darien's house. 

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18 minutes ago, KentiaPalm said:

Where can one find a coco de mer ? 

In the Seychelles.

 

5 year high 42.2C/108F (07/06/2018)--5 year low 4.6C/40.3F (1/19/2023)--Lowest recent/current winter: 4.6C/40.3F (1/19/2023)

 

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39 minutes ago, akamu said:

Now that's funny. The only double coconut I have seen for sale was a non-viable seed at Dr Marty Darien's house. 

The only one I've seen period was not for sale but in display at a botanical garden.

1 hour ago, Pal Meir said:

Here you can have it: B)

I guess I should have rephrased my statement to "I germinated a supermarket double coconut" :P  Pal, where did you take that photo?  That's awesome!  Looks like an interesting challenge for container culture!

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22 minutes ago, Fusca said:

The only one I've seen period was not for sale but in display at a botanical garden.

I guess I should have rephrased my statement to "I germinated a supermarket double coconut" :P  Pal, where did you take that photo?  That's awesome!  Looks like an interesting challenge for container culture!

Oops, er …, :rolleyes: I don’t know where the seed was bought, and the person who germinated that seed was … not me. :blush:

The photo was taken at BG Hamburg (Planten un Blomen) on 1973-05-03.

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3 hours ago, Pal Meir said:

Oops, er …, :rolleyes: I don’t know where the seed was bought, and the person who germinated that seed was … not me. :blush:

The photo was taken at BG Hamburg (Planten un Blomen) on 1973-05-03.

Nice looking plant regardless - I thought either you germinated it or you took the photo on one of your fantastic voyages overseas!  Of course Hamburg would be a fantastic voyage for me!

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6 hours ago, Pal Meir said:

And this L inermis only for you:

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I know a lot of people don’t think much of this livistona but it’s my favorite. That’s a great shot too. Really shows off the wispy beauty of it.

"it's not dead it's sleeping"

Santee ca, zone10a/9b

18 miles from the ocean

avg. winter 68/40.avg summer 88/64.records 113/25

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Anybody making cultivars?

licuala mattanensis var. mapu

this cultivar of licuala was taken at the Montreal biodome

 

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Not my rarest but probably one of my favorites is my brahea super silver. 

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"it's not dead it's sleeping"

Santee ca, zone10a/9b

18 miles from the ocean

avg. winter 68/40.avg summer 88/64.records 113/25

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OK, here is an extremely rare ( in cultivation even in Darwin, let alone the rest of Australia and overseas ) species that is so common in the local bush that it barely gets remarked upon. Called the 'Sand Palm' locally, don't know why as I have not seen it growing on sand, just on about every other soil and rock types found in northern Australia. Having said the 'rarity in cultivation' statement, I know of some plants growing on the verge of a house around the corner from my house.... I always thought they were remnant leftovers from when the sub division was developed in the 1980's, but no, the owner told me he direct planted seeds there and has cultivated/nurtured them since.
As one travels south along the Stuart Highway towards Katherine ( 200 miles or 300klm ), Livistona inermis becomes the more common in the bush.20200225_120805.thumb.jpg.df32be0223fbbad2f13a9b817659f04a.jpg20200225_120817.thumb.jpg.210d3235faf0fc4eb8c22121e0753e72.jpg20200225_120906.thumb.jpg.e2441af8c7233fc54a7edca1fc2b14de.jpg20200225_120925.thumb.jpg.61f6778dee9c48286ff925d4f54573e2.jpg20200225_120946.thumb.jpg.2cf545e63f6c9ab2f32400a32947e587.jpg20200225_121008.thumb.jpg.87e6cfa5f4fddff1b8bf53b56b631dfe.jpg20200225_121039.thumb.jpg.bf91c0726afe0bf3d9c603058d23fc5a.jpg20200225_124321.thumb.jpg.f5b53dea6f7b4b5bd692a9d11e968428.jpg20200225_124337.thumb.jpg.0ba2cf67ef6e079ee0b2089f8640d680.jpg20200225_124350.thumb.jpg.c2b5907477418fb254f21ab83e5f1907.jpg

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10 minutes ago, greysrigging said:

OK, here is an extremely rare ( in cultivation even in Darwin, let alone the rest of Australia and overseas ) species that is so common in the local bush that it barely gets remarked upon. Called the 'Sand Palm' locally, don't know why as I have not seen it growing on sand, just on about every other soil and rock types found in northern Australia. Having said the 'rarity in cultivation' statement, I know of some plants growing on the verge of a house around the corner from my house.... I always thought they were remnant leftovers from when the sub division was developed in the 1980's, but no, the owner told me he direct planted seeds there and has cultivated/nurtured them since.
As one travels south along the Stuart Highway towards Katherine ( 200 miles or 300klm ), Livistona inermis becomes the more common in the bush.20200225_120805.thumb.jpg.df32be0223fbbad2f13a9b817659f04a.jpg20200225_120817.thumb.jpg.210d3235faf0fc4eb8c22121e0753e72.jpg20200225_120906.thumb.jpg.e2441af8c7233fc54a7edca1fc2b14de.jpg20200225_120925.thumb.jpg.61f6778dee9c48286ff925d4f54573e2.jpg20200225_120946.thumb.jpg.2cf545e63f6c9ab2f32400a32947e587.jpg20200225_121008.thumb.jpg.87e6cfa5f4fddff1b8bf53b56b631dfe.jpg20200225_121039.thumb.jpg.bf91c0726afe0bf3d9c603058d23fc5a.jpg20200225_124321.thumb.jpg.f5b53dea6f7b4b5bd692a9d11e968428.jpg20200225_124337.thumb.jpg.0ba2cf67ef6e079ee0b2089f8640d680.jpg20200225_124350.thumb.jpg.c2b5907477418fb254f21ab83e5f1907.jpg

Livistona humilis is awesome too. I got one on my radar. Just trying to talk the owner into selling it to me. How’s the habitat? Like climate and dry/wet seasons. I hear they can me touchy. 

"it's not dead it's sleeping"

Santee ca, zone10a/9b

18 miles from the ocean

avg. winter 68/40.avg summer 88/64.records 113/25

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2 minutes ago, Stevetoad said:

Livistona humilis is awesome too. I got one on my radar. Just trying to talk the owner into selling it to me. How’s the habitat? Like climate and dry/wet seasons. I hear they can me touchy. 

^^which is why they are 'touchy' Seeds are slow to germinate, and they don't really like any sort of root disturbance so therefore are difficult to transplant. 
Evolved to grow in an extreme wet/dry climatic regime that include an annual dry season burning of the bush. They thrive 12*S-14*S latitude, so don't really see cold wet conditions which would make them problematic in Mediterranean type climates at a guess.
One for the real enthusiasts !

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51 minutes ago, Pal Meir said:

Not as super-BLUE (not silver!) as your Brahea, but the bluest Livistona sp. I saw (and I guess quite rare in cultivation?):

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Very tough species... extreme temperatures in that part of the WA Pilbara approach 120f ( 50c ) in the summer months. There are nice healthy specimens thriving in the George Brown Botanical Gardens, Darwin.

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5 hours ago, greysrigging said:

^^which is why they are 'touchy' Seeds are slow to germinate, and they don't really like any sort of root disturbance so therefore are difficult to transplant. 
Evolved to grow in an extreme wet/dry climatic regime that include an annual dry season burning of the bush. They thrive 12*S-14*S latitude, so don't really see cold wet conditions which would make them problematic in Mediterranean type climates at a guess.
One for the real enthusiasts !

I have quite a few Livistona humilis at my place. There's lots of seedlings scattered about, often quite a distance from any possible parent plants. Probably birds scatter them around. I've scattered lots of Livistona inermis seed here but have yet to see any grow. L. humilis grow in a great variety of soils and conditions. On heavy soils, rocky areas, sandy soil and even in seasonally boggy silty soils. L. inermis on the other hand are real 'prima donnas'. They like evelation, rocky crags, cliff faces but not common old bottom country where water might linger a little.

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8 hours ago, KentiaPalm said:

Anybody making cultivars?

licuala mattanensis var. mapu

this cultivar of licuala was taken at the Montreal biodome

Not a cultivar. 'Mapu' is just one of several variants found naturally in Borneo. 

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Katy, TX (Zone 9a)

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8 hours ago, greysrigging said:

OK, here is an extremely rare ( in cultivation even in Darwin, let alone the rest of Australia and overseas ) species that is so common in the local bush that it barely gets remarked upon. Called the 'Sand Palm' locally, don't know why as I have not seen it growing on sand, just on about every other soil and rock types found in northern Australia. Having said the 'rarity in cultivation' statement, I know of some plants growing on the verge of a house around the corner from my house.... I always thought they were remnant leftovers from when the sub division was developed in the 1980's, but no, the owner told me he direct planted seeds there and has cultivated/nurtured them since.
As one travels south along the Stuart Highway towards Katherine ( 200 miles or 300klm ), Livistona inermis becomes the more common in the bush.20200225_120805.thumb.jpg.df32be0223fbbad2f13a9b817659f04a.jpg20200225_120817.thumb.jpg.210d3235faf0fc4eb8c22121e0753e72.jpg20200225_120906.thumb.jpg.e2441af8c7233fc54a7edca1fc2b14de.jpg20200225_120925.thumb.jpg.61f6778dee9c48286ff925d4f54573e2.jpg20200225_120946.thumb.jpg.2cf545e63f6c9ab2f32400a32947e587.jpg20200225_121008.thumb.jpg.87e6cfa5f4fddff1b8bf53b56b631dfe.jpg20200225_121039.thumb.jpg.bf91c0726afe0bf3d9c603058d23fc5a.jpg20200225_124321.thumb.jpg.f5b53dea6f7b4b5bd692a9d11e968428.jpg20200225_124337.thumb.jpg.0ba2cf67ef6e079ee0b2089f8640d680.jpg20200225_124350.thumb.jpg.c2b5907477418fb254f21ab83e5f1907.jpg

I loved those Livistona growing with the cycads when I visited the NT a few years back. Up in far north QLD around Cooktown and the top of the Daintree we saw a similar dwarf Livistona growing there. I really like them but they’re too Tropical to try down here.

Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

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On 2/24/2020 at 11:16 PM, KentiaPalm said:

Lol I know it’s whereabouts , google helps but rare palm seeds don’t sell 

Rare palm seeds do have them,  not now but sometimes .

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I believe the Seychelles have clamped down on removal of double coconut material from their islands for a number of years. It is virtually impossible to obtain a viable seed by casual palm lovers like us. I distinctly remember RPS sold them when I joined IPS in 2008 but that stopped soon after. Later, RPS sold empty husks of double coconut seeds for $$$. That practice ended some years back. I don't expect to see seeds for sale anytime in my lifetime. If you are young and save up a fortune, maybe you will get lucky before you die.

I've wanted to obtain Livistona humilis and inermis for years but my quest has been fruitless. My research tells me inermis likely will hate my FL climate, go into a swivet and croak. Maybe I should take heed.

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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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On 2/25/2020 at 7:06 PM, Pal Meir said:

Not as super-BLUE (not silver!) as your Brahea, but the bluest Livistona sp. I saw (and I guess quite rare in cultivation?):

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I couldn't believe that Sydney and Wollongong botanical gardens didn't have them in their collection,so I donated a few of them. Livistona alfredii 

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1 hour ago, Hillizard said:

RPS has just listed a new (hopefully fresh) batch of seeds for these Australian palms this month, which is a beautiful species and very rare to find either in private collections or botanical gardens, but not in the wild: https://www.rarepalmseeds.com/hydriastele-ramsayi

And a really beautiful species in their natural habitat.

 

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Not the rarest but here are a few geonoma . Geonoma acaulis and g.bandariana. I have started a collection of geonoma but these are not really available like atrovirens or undata

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Of course, to me Pritchardia bakeri, 

Ray Baker with his namesake in the Pupukea area of north shore Oahu, and P. bakeri at the top of our valley.

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