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which palm is your obsession ?

trioderob

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trioderob Grand Master

trioderob

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which palm is your obsession ?

Palm crazy Grand Master

Palm crazy

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Eeny, meeny, miny, moe I love this palm best of all......Oh hell, all the ones I can't grow and that's a lot! :mrlooney::lol::drool:

Dundo Enthusiast

Dundo

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Cocos nucifera, Jubaea chilensis, Brahea edulis (my top 3)

Xenon Grand Master

Xenon

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Vetchia, Benticknia, Hydriastle, Pritchardia, Corypha, Bismarkia, Euterpe, Oncosperma, Clinostigma, Latania, Archontophoenix, Areca, Pinanga, Crystostachys, Lodoicea...anything but Washies..

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Jonathan

Katy, TX (Zone 9a)

Walter John Grand Master

Walter John

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I used to be obsessed with Neoveitchia any Clinostigma and Pinanga caesia. Current obsession is for establishing every palm I have recently planted after moving(this year). I'll go back to individual palm obsessions again for sure, in a bout a year or so.

Happy Gardening

Cheers,

Wal

Queensland, Australia.

PalmatierMeg Grand Master

PalmatierMeg

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I second Pogobob

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.

Nigel Mentor

Nigel

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Butia

Resident in Bristol UK.

Webshop for hardy palms and hybrid seeds www.hardy-palms.co.uk

Patrick Veteran

Patrick

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Jubaeopsis caffra

Oakley, California

55 Miles E-NE of San Francisco, CA

Solid zone 9, I can expect at least one night in the mid to low twenties every year.

Hot, dry summers. Cold, wet winters.

velutina Community Regular

velutina

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The toughest, fastest-growing palm in my area...

Washingtonia robusta

Adam 

 

trioderob Grand Master

trioderob

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The toughest, fastest-growing palm in my area...

Washingtonia robusta

I wish I had known.

had a few giant ones I would have been happy to let you have for free.

olivier971 Mentor

olivier971

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Geonoma oldemanii

A very very RARE palm !! And so beautiful .. Seems to be like a "Joey" ...

Never known in cultivation out of its country i think ...

I have some seedlings from French Guiana, So ... Wait and see ...

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Olivier
My Flickr Album
Palmeraie Union Society - Ti-Palm' Society

Jeff in Costa Rica Grand Master

Jeff in Costa Rica

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My obsession for the last couple of years has been with this palm which is thought to be a simple leaf form of Bactris glandulosa. I check on these palms every couple of months and I have taken hundreds of photos of the leaves, fruit, trunks, etc. I finally have a few seedlings that I grew from seed.

In the fourth photo you can just make out the arm and shoulder of our guide - this shows how tall these clumps can get.

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Formerly Jeff in Costa Rica
 

Gileno Machado Grand Master

Gileno Machado

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Obsession is such a strong word...

Well, I'm always very focused on seeds...especially from the new species I've never managed to germinate and grow...

At the moment I'm paying too much attention to some dwarf Syagrus seeds I put to germinate, from some species I'd love to grow in the future...Syagrus medanhensis in special.

Sirinhaém beach, 80 Km south of Recife - Brazil

Tropical oceanic climate, latitude 8° S

Temperature extremes: 25 to 31°C

2000 mm average rainfall, dry summers

Kailua_Krish Veteran

Kailua_Krish

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Butia

Mine too!

-Krishna

-Krishna

Kailua, Oahu HI. Near the beach but dry!

Still have a garden in Zone 9a Inland North Central Florida (Ocala)

velutina Community Regular

velutina

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The toughest, fastest-growing palm in my area...

Washingtonia robusta

I wish I had known.

had a few giant ones I would have been happy to let you have for free.

Wow, that's too bad! I'm sure digging up a few large palm trees and transporting them 400 miles would have been free too! I wish I had known... :(

Adam 

 

BS Man about Palms Grand Master

BS Man about Palms

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piersoniorum.

Still.

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!

peachy Grand Master

peachy

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Lemurophoenix halleuxii. Even if it does grow well here I will never be brave enough to risk all that money to find out.

Peachy

I came. I saw. I purchased

 

 

27.35 south.

Warm subtropical, with occasional frosts.

Alicehunter2000 Grand Master

Alicehunter2000

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Roystonea regia is the one I wish I could grow....dunno if it is an obsession though :hmm:

David Simms zone 9a on Highway 30a

200 steps from the Gulf in NW Florida

30 ft. elevation and sandy soil

Tassie_Troy1971 Grand Master

Tassie_Troy1971

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Its the palm i can't get Chambeyronia Lepidota high altitude and geonoma undata .

Also Rhopalostylis sapida oceana !

Old Beach ,Hobart
Tasmania ,Australia. 42 " south
Cool Maritime climate

ariscott Grand Master

ariscott

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Lemurophoenix halleuxii. Even if it does grow well here I will never be brave enough to risk all that money to find out.

Peachy

Come on... just try one!!!!

Mine would be JOEY!!! I have J. altifrons & J. parakensis in pots. I hope to get J. magnifica again sometimes when I get to Cairns. If I can get them to live & thrive, I will be a happy gardener...

Regards, Ari :)

Ari & Scott

Darwin, NT, Australia

-12°32'53" 131°10'20"

peachy Grand Master

peachy

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Rafael, I have Pritchardias here and while pacifica wouldnt live here, hillebrandtii survives as does thurstonii (just) but gaudi-chaudii, remota and beccariana all do very well in my cold winters and as soon as I can find other species, I will try them too.

Peachy

I came. I saw. I purchased

 

 

27.35 south.

Warm subtropical, with occasional frosts.

Rafael Grand Master

Rafael

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Rafael, I have Pritchardias here and while pacifica wouldnt live here, hillebrandtii survives as does thurstonii (just) but gaudi-chaudii, remota and beccariana all do very well in my cold winters and as soon as I can find other species, I will try them too.

Peachy

Well, then i will check it better, but PACIFICA is my dream. Maybe i have to move from here to realise it. :hmm:

Furadouro and Ovar, zone 9b/10a.
PORTUGAL
http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=20668
http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?/topic/31527-my-new-garden-ovar-january2012/

AJQ Proficient

AJQ

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Bismarckia nobilis, Cyrtostachys renda, which I can't grow and Junaia australis which I can.

Regards Andy.

Bangor, Norin Iron Zone 9a Min temp normally around -3 Degrees C, rarely -6C. Only 2 x -2.0C so far, verging on 9b this year. No snow or Frost this Winter. Several just subzero's this year, lets hope it stays this way. Normally around 5C to 10C + in winter, with lots of wind & rain. Summers usually better, 20C to 25 C occasionally 25C to 28C, also quite humid being a coastal town

palmsOrl Grand Master

palmsOrl

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Cyrtostachys for me, because members of the genus epitomize tropical, are beautiful and present a challenge that is do-able here (in a greenhouse), unlike species which require cool conditions year-round. Licuala cordata also, if my seeds sprout. :unsure:

-Michael

trioderob Grand Master

trioderob

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Lemurophoenix halleuxii. Even if it does grow well here I will never be brave enough to risk all that money to find out.

Peachy

Peachy -

go for it.

they will grow and became big palms in Queensland.

no problem for you there.

Kumar Veteran

Kumar

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Royals, date palms, caryota and bismarcks are the ones i love and am growing

Corphya is a beautiful variety that i unfortunately cannot grow.

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Kumar

Bombay, India

Sea Level | Average Temperature Range 23 - 32 deg. celsius | Annual rainfall 3400.0 mm

Calcutta, India

Sea Level | Average Temperature Range 19 - 33 deg. celsius | Annual rainfall 1600.0 mm

DCA_Palm_Fan Mentor

DCA_Palm_Fan

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Hmmm. Palmbob has it about right! :D

I think my favorite all time is the good old fashioned native symbol of the Southeastern USA, the Sabal Palmetto.

But really, I love almost all palms. But a few TOP favorites are:

Phoenix Roebelenii (have a couple)

Trachycarpus Fortunei (have 2)

Chamaedorea Tepejilote (have one)

Chamaedorea Elegans (have about a dozen)

Chamaedorea Metallica (have 1)

Sabal Minor (have 3)

rhapidophyllum hystrix (have 1)

Wants:

Chamaedorea Plumosa

Butias

Coconut

Livistona Inermis

Coccothrinax Argentata

bismarckia nobilis

I could go on, but I'll stop now. :winkie:

DoomsDave Grand Master

DoomsDave

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All of them . . . .

Let's keep our forum fun and friendly.

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Jon T

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Juania australis. Hard to get, harder to keep alive, for me at least.

Jon T-Central CA coastal valley foothills-9A

Forever seeking juania australis...

tikitiki Mentor

tikitiki

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Crystostachys. There are many more but only this one can I keep for a while before killing it.

With a tin cup for a chalice

Fill it up with good red wine,

And I'm-a chewin' on a honeysuckle vine.

hanapalms Proficient

hanapalms

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Rafael, I have Pritchardias here and while pacifica wouldnt live here, hillebrandtii survives as does thurstonii (just) but gaudi-chaudii, remota and beccariana all do very well in my cold winters and as soon as I can find other species, I will try them too.

Peachy

Well, then i will check it better, but PACIFICA is my dream. Maybe i have to move from here to realise it. :hmm:

Raphael, Peachy,

The Pritchardias are the reason why I ever got interested in collecting palms. P. pacifica and P. thurstonii are supposedly the grandpapas of all the other species according to Don Hodel's recent studies. I have been trying to collect all of the species; got about eleven or so at this time. Most of the ones I have yet to collect are native to the island of Kauai. Also a couple from the South Pacific... Tuamotu I think.

Got lots of seeds if you want. My blog at visit my palms here (in my signature)has a lot of photos of Pritchardia palms, the different species fully grown. Hope you enjoy.

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William

Hana, Maui

 

Land of the low lying heavens, the misty Uakea crowning the majestic Kauwiki.

Visit my palms here

epicure3 Grand Master

epicure3

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Veitchia. All varieties. Most graceful palm in the world and if I could plant more, I would.

Coastal San Diego, California

Z10b

Dry summer subtropical/Mediterranean

warm summer/mild winter

Rafael Grand Master

Rafael

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Rafael, I have Pritchardias here and while pacifica wouldnt live here, hillebrandtii survives as does thurstonii (just) but gaudi-chaudii, remota and beccariana all do very well in my cold winters and as soon as I can find other species, I will try them too.

Peachy

Well, then i will check it better, but PACIFICA is my dream. Maybe i have to move from here to realise it. :hmm:

Raphael,

The Pritchardias are the reason why I ever got interested in collecting palms. P. pacifica and P. thurstonii are supposedly the grandpapas of all the other species according to Don Hodel's recent studies. I have been trying to collect all of the species; got about eleven or so at this time. Most of the ones I have yet to collect are native to the island of Kauai. Also a couple from the South Pacific... Tuamotu I think.

Got lots of seeds if you want. My blog at www.hanapalms.wordpress.com has a lot of photos of Pritchardia palms, the different species fully grown. Hope you enjoy.

Thanks a lot, i will eat all that information, and latter let you know.

Regards.

Furadouro and Ovar, zone 9b/10a.
PORTUGAL
http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=20668
http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?/topic/31527-my-new-garden-ovar-january2012/

TikiRick Veteran

TikiRick

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I think I have more Veitchia species than any other Genus. I LOVE Veitchia with Cocos a very close second. :drool:

Rick Leitner

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

26.07N/80.15W

Zone 10B

Average Annual Low 67 F

Average Annual High 84 F

Average Annual Rainfall 62"

 

Riverfront exposure, 1 mile from Atlantic Ocean

Part time in the western mountains of North Carolina

Gratefully, the best of both worlds!

SubTropicRay Grand Master

SubTropicRay

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Just about any Cuban palm.

No one cares about your current yard temperature 🙃

palmsOrl Grand Master

palmsOrl

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Though common, Veitchia come close to being an obsession. I just think they look so tropical in a way no other palm can match.

-Michael

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