Wanted to share a pic of my S.uresana. This palm is 3 yrs from seed.

Edited November 9, 200817 yr by Tampa Scott

Scott any chance at a bigger pic.... would like to see more details if possible. Thanks. Jv

and another picture of this palm.

Wow, that looks much bigger than I would have expected in 3 years. I've had one I got as a seedling for a year now and it has barely grown.

Looking good Scott. That is some amazing growth for three years.

Matt

its a real beauty scott, one of my favorite fan palms. The blue color is unique for these uresanas. Did you plant directly in the ground?

That's a good looking sabal. Your uresana must have exceptional growth genes to get to that size 3 years from seed. I just recently planted out three I grew from seed 2 years ago, maybe slightly more now, and they aren't anywhere close to that size, nor do I think they will be one year from now. I have many others in pots (all sown at the same time as the ones planted) and I will compare them to the ones I have in the ground in terms of growth rates.

Scott, for a Sabal uresana yours certainly has had exceptional growth. Wow, are you sure it might not be a hybrid form? S. uresana is known to be a very SLOW grower the first years of its life. Have you fertilized yours well? I planted my tiny strap-leaf seedling in the ground sometime in 2003. A year later it looked like this (first pic on left). Then 4-years later it grew to look like the next pic (right side).

I will try to answer a few questions. The seed was directly planted in the ground at the current location. I also have 2 others from same seed batch, but were planted in pots. The two started in pots are smaller, and were placed in the ground in June of this year.I think the faster growth rate of this one is due to not being pot grown. I myself do not see this as a fast grower comparing to the S.palmetto. I feed all my palm every 3 months and the site has rich soil as the site was once a dairy farm.

Here is a close up picture of the palm. The second picture is of one that was pot grown and planted out this June. As you can see by the picture it is much smaller.

Edited November 10, 200817 yr by Tampa Scott

Nice palm but that name reminds me of a problem with part of the female anatomy.

"What's wrong with her ?"

"Ah, she went out drinking late and now she's got sabal uresana and archontophoenix the pritchardia I try."

Very cool! It's a beautiful palm, especially in habitat.

Sabal uresana hybrid (in cultivation)

Here are some images of S. uresana growing in zone 8 texas.

Here are some images of S. uresana growing in zone 8 texas.

Shes a real beauty Tony. Looks like good genes and good care as well. thats what the uresana should look like, IMO.

that IS a nice one! i think they look better at that size than larger ones.