Native palms, What are they?

[galveston1602]

Of course I (think) I know what they are

can you tell just from the flowers?

Just scroll down for more

These were all taken within a 50mile radius on a road trip last wednesday.

Some of the stands of larger (trunking trees) were impossible to photograph since they were so dense.

yall more tropical palm loving types may not agree but they are beautifull none the less

[galveston1602]

[PalmGuyWC]

Of course they are Sabal Minors. They come in many different forms depending on location. Some are green, some blue green, most are trunkless, but some grow trunks. I've seen them growing in the vicinity of Houston Intl. Airport, in the swamps west of New Orleans, just south of Savanna Ga. and pretty far north along the Flint River in West Georgia. I have 3 growing in dense shade and their not much larger now than they were 30 years ago.

Dick

[Rusty on Pine Is.]

Alan, those are some nice pics...i really like seeing photos of palms in habitat.

S. minor is one of my favorite palms, one of the first i ever grew, although in Z7 in Maryland they were pretty slow, but never blinked during the winter........i did find that they grew better the wetter it is, in the garden and habitat too.

Thanks for the pics,

Rusty

[palmdudetx]

Alan, those are some nice pics...i really like seeing photos of palms in habitat.

S. minor is one of my favorite palms, one of the first i ever grew, although in Z7 in Maryland they were pretty slow, but never blinked during the winter........i did find that they grew better the wetter it is, in the garden and habitat too.

Thanks for the pics,

Rusty

[galveston1602]

Actually, I dont think all of these are actually Sabal Minors

some of these are surely the brazoria county hybrids!

Sabal xtexensis

or Sabal 'Brazoria'

I wish the shots I snapped from the road of the ones with larger trunks would have been clear but it actually started raining! amazing as weve not had a single drop at my place in a month!!

[_Keith]

Actually, I dont think all of these are actually Sabal Minors

some of these are surely the brazoria county hybrids!

Sabal xtexensis

or Sabal 'Brazoria'

I wish the shots I snapped from the road of the ones with larger trunks would have been clear but it actually started raining! amazing as weve not had a single drop at my place in a month!!

Allen,

Who in the area, nursery wise sell this (Sabal xtexensis/Sabal 'Brazoria') palm?

[galveston1602]

Actually, I dont think all of these are actually Sabal Minors

some of these are surely the brazoria county hybrids!

Sabal xtexensis

or Sabal 'Brazoria'

I wish the shots I snapped from the road of the ones with larger trunks would have been clear but it actually started raining! amazing as weve not had a single drop at my place in a month!!

Allen,

Who in the area, nursery wise sell this (Sabal xtexensis/Sabal 'Brazoria') palm?

Ive never seen anything other than the minors for sale, If I run across some of the brazorias Ill let you know. Actually, the next time I get over that way (when the seeds are ripe) ill grab you a bunch of seeds off the trunking palms, not so much from the minors.

Some of these palms have to be incredibly hardy as they have dispersed to a natural lowland area miles away from any warming effects of the water, and over the years they would have had to have endured low single digits in the 80's etc.

[FRITO]

Allen , Thanks for sharing. Sabal is one of my fav genus palms. If you come across some S brazoria seed I would love to have some.

this is a hybrid with the nativeS. minor and S. mexicana?

[galveston1602]

Most of these pics are likely of minors but with as many natural hybrids as there are in the area, I supose some of them are the hybrids. I know that alot of the ones with trunks of several feet are definetly the hybrids but alas no good pics

[Turtile]

Most of these pics are likely of minors but with as many natural hybrids as there are in the area, I supose some of them are the hybrids. I know that alot of the ones with trunks of several feet are definetly the hybrids but alas no good pics

If you can get close up pictures of the plants you can tell. They look like minors from the leaf shape and size. The 3rd down on the second post looks the most like one but none of them are tall.

I bought a xtexensis from Chilly Palm (you can get mail order plants at a good size). Mine has been destroyed from the wind during the winter. It seems to grow faster than minor.