The One Plant You'd Like To Have, But.....

[BeaumontTropics]

Hey Palmers! Just throwing this hypo out there! What's the One Palm you can't have, for whatever reason... cold, heat, size, speed of growth, whatever, that prevents you from having in your garden.

Without any question, for me, in southern California, I'd like to have a grove of Cocos Nuciferas around the perimeter of my garden, eventually around a pool. How about you?

[MattyB]

I can do without the coconut no problem. But if I had to choose one I'd say it's a real bummer that we can't grow Areca vestiaria here in CA. Here's a pic from Bo's place in HI.

[MattyB]

Ahhhh crap, see, now you got me looking at the pictures of Bo's place and I've gotta throw in another one: Euterpe precatoria!!!!!! aHHHHHHH man what a palm.

[BeaumontTropics]

Very nice no question. Very tropical inedeed. Different strokes, for different palm wackos I guess. In my opinion, you just can't achieve true

palm paradise without a Coco. Something about a Pina Colada from a Coconut off your own tree just sounds right to me in so many ways! But that's what

this thread was for! Bring it on Palmers!

-eric

[Moose]

For me it would be Lodoicea maldivica.

[epicure3]

I've always had a crush on Adonidia. Especially, the golden form.

[MattyB]

All of your Adonidias are yellow, John...and then brown.

[hulagalnz9]

Tahina spectabilis if you're gonna dream...go big :-)

...but oh to have a coco take in cali....nice.

[Shon]

I can't say just one. It would be 75% of the palms on Marcus slideshow. Some of those you just can't get,growing it would be secondary.

[PalmatierMeg]

Lemurophoenix

Oh, heck, while I'm dreaming:

Campecarpus

Lepidorrhachis

[epicure3]

All of your Adonidias are yellow, John...and then brown.

That's the way I like Adonidias. Youze got a problem wit dat? Brown is a legitimate color in the palette, you know.

[SunnyFl]

Of the palms I can't have it would be Euterpe precaetoria, hands down. A close second would be Neovetchia storkii.

Fortunately I can - and do - have my favorite. Even if it must stay in a container.

[pogobob]

Sablah

[DoomsDave]

Lemurophoenix

Roystonea oleracea

Cyrtostachys renda

Coconut

Beccariophoenix with windows . . . .

And many many more

[Kris]

Okay i like this topic and here is my favouriate palm...The Talipot palms. And i do not know wheather my garden can handle these jamboos...

Love,

Corypha...

[JasonD]

1. Pritchardia pacifica: ever since seeing the photo of the cluster of four in Palms of the World by McCurrach, I've been entranced, & rarely disappointed seeing it in real life, either.

2. Iriartea deltoidea

or maybe Copernicia fallaense & C. baileyana

or maybe Thrinax radiata & Coccothrinax argentata

[Kim]

Even with excellent conditions, some palms are just difficult to come by:

Bentinckia condapanna

Areca macrocalyx

Dypsis sp. bejofa

...to name a few.

[Lowey]

Okay i like this topic and here is my favouriate palm...The Talipot palms. And i do not know wheather my garden can handle these jamboos...

Love,

Corypha...

Wow Kris, I have just had three of these germinate and I want to plant at least one at home and the pic of you puts their size into perspective, might have to rethink where I was going to plant it

My favorite that I so far cant have due to rarety of seed is Lodoicea maldivica, I have a friend that has one and it is to die for.

[Gileno Machado]

The dwarf Syagrus are my dream palms at the moment: S. lilliputiana, graminifolia, microphylla, duartei...

I've been trying seeds of lilliputiana for some months now but they are so difficult to sprout...

[tropicbreeze]

Mine would have to be Johannesteijsmannia magnifica. Not because it wouldn't grow but I can't seem to be able to source any seed or plants. I've got J. altifrons and it needs its cousin for company.

And while I'm at it, a Lodoicea maldivica would also be nice.

[freakypalmguy]

Sablah

It's OK to dream Bob

I remember Dean showing pics of a palm with a really bitchin blue crownshaft, anyone remember which one that was, because that's the one I'd want.

Matt

[Moose]

This would be a great poll! Only problem is the limitation of how many palms could be listed as options. Not nearly enough!

[bgl]

Matt,

is this the one? Dictyocaryum lamarackianum. Kim took the photo last Oct when she and her husband were here. I've even used it in my Profile!

Bo-Göran

[Dr. George]

Sablah

It's OK to dream Bob

I remember Dean showing pics of a palm with a really bitchin blue crownshaft, anyone remember which one that was, because that's the one I'd want.

Matt

Would that be his Dictyocaryum lamarckianum? - gmp

[Eric in Orlando]

For me it would be Lodoicea maldivica.

I agree, my choice, too. Mature and juvenile specimens in a grove

[freakypalmguy]

Matt,

is this the one? Dictyocaryum lamarackianum. Kim took the photo last Oct when she and her husband were here. I've even used it in my Profile!

Bo-Göran

That's it Bo, thank you.

[freakypalmguy]

Sablah

It's OK to dream Bob

I remember Dean showing pics of a palm with a really bitchin blue crownshaft, anyone remember which one that was, because that's the one I'd want.

Matt

Would that be his Dictyocaryum lamarckianum? - gmp

Thank you Dr. George, you and Bo are on it.

[JEFF IN MODESTO]

Cyrtostachys renda and Lodoicea maldivica

In that order.

Jeff

[Zeeth]

Lodoicea maldivica, Voanioala gerardii, a 90 ft Jamaican tall coconut (ive got 3 sprouts though, so I'm on my way), Lipstick palm, Pigafetta, Pritchardia pacifica (got sprouts for this too, but my climate will ultimately be too cold), and a trunking Beccariophoenix alfredii, but no one has one of these in cultivation yet (I've got a ton of sprouts and 4 plants though).

Boy, aren't I greedy!

[Trópico]

Areca macrocalyx

[Jim in Los Altos]

Cyrtostachys renda and Lodoicea maldivica

In that order.

Jeff

Jeff's choices are the same as mine. I would say Cocos also but now with Becariophoenix 'alfredii', I may have what at least looks like a couple of mature coconut palms in a few years.

[Lowey]

Matt,

is this the one? Dictyocaryum lamarackianum. Kim took the photo last Oct when she and her husband were here. I've even used it in my Profile!

Bo-Göran

That's it Bo, thank you.

Now look what you have done, I have to add this one to my list now, great looking palm Bo

[BeaumontTropics]

My My My....

You palmers are Getting Greedy Now! As the thread clearly states, "The ONE palm..." try to narrow it down. you only get one palm, just one, that will grow in your garden that normally wouldn't. So far, I'd say the Dictyocaryum lamarackianum and that giant "Talbots?" palm that Kris had have to take the cake for best selection! I'm curious to see what the growers in Hawaii would like to have, considering it seems like they can have darn near anything! Thanks for your input and enthusiasm on this thread! Spring is coming!

-eric

[sarasota alex]

Rhopalostylis

(Corypha, Ceroxylon, Jubaea, Lodoicea, Pigafetta, Cyrtostachys renda, Tahina - notable mentions)

[ariscott]

Mine would have to be Johannesteijsmannia magnifica. Not because it wouldn't grow but I can't seem to be able to source any seed or plants. I've got J. altifrons and it needs its cousin for company.

And while I'm at it, a Lodoicea maldivica would also be nice.

Cairns is the place for silver joey... I lost mine to sprinkler malfunction and I haven't been to Cairns ever since to pick another one...

Regards, Ari

[markpeters77]

Living in a flat in sunny Scotland the range of palms I can grow is limited at best, since I'm stuck to growing them in pots indooors. That said, I'm lucky to be growing a very healthy J. altifrons so that's ticked off the list. However, it'd be incredible to have a few Coryphas growing around the village - genetic modification can surely come up with Coryphas as hardy as a Trithrinax and as fast as a Pigafetta, so get on with it!!

[waykoolplantz]

Areca macrocalyx

like this ?

[Zeeth]

My My My....

You palmers are Getting Greedy Now! As the thread clearly states, "The ONE palm..." try to narrow it down. you only get one palm, just one, that will grow in your garden that normally wouldn't. So far, I'd say the Dictyocaryum lamarackianum and that giant "Talbots?" palm that Kris had have to take the cake for best selection! I'm curious to see what the growers in Hawaii would like to have, considering it seems like they can have darn near anything! Thanks for your input and enthusiasm on this thread! Spring is coming!

-eric

Only one? Come on!

In that case, a genetically modified Jamaican tall coconut that's 100% LY resistant, grows as fast as Pigafetta, and is as hardy as Butia. Come on Monsanto, get working!

[bgl]

Eric,

You asked for input from growers in Hawaii. The reason I didn't add anything in my previous post is for the simple reason that this is actually a very hard question for me to answer. With about 625 species currently in our garden, there's really nothing that I desperately want to add that I don't already have. Sure, I'll be adding a few more every now and then, as new species may become available, but at this time I don't know what those species are. And the bottom line is that, if I get them fine, if not, no big deal. I guess, in a warped sense, that's the drawback of having a garden in Hawaii! At some point, you run out of dreams of what to plant. Sure, there are a dozen or so palm species that, for whatever reason, just won't grow here, but for every single species that falls in that category, there are probably a hundred species that will thrive beyond belief, so not losing any sleep over that! I guess this is the ultimate good news-bad news scenario in the palm growing world. You have pretty much everything you want, so nothing new to dream about! OK, maybe a few more currently undiscovered big Dypsis! That's my best shot!

Bo-Göran

[Dr. George]

Well, since I've chased down some Dictyocaryum lamarckianum, top on my want list is the ever elusive Bentinckia condapanna. It's just not available, but I do have a close eye on a few that are in the ground in hopes of tapping into a future generation.

(BTW - if you know a reliable source for plant or seed for this, send me a PM) - gmp