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The "Other" Cuban Belly Palm

virtualpalm

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I'll bet you don't see this everyday! These are fairly fast-growing palms in cultivation, but a specimen like this is rare, indeed (outside of habitat, that is). Anyone else have any large specimens?

Jody

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What a beauty

Palms are the king of trees

Brod

Brisbane, Australia

28 latitude, sub tropical

summer average 21c min - 29c max

winter average 10c min - 21c max

extremes at my place 5c - 42c

1100 average rainfall

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Great tree! I want one!

Cindy Adair

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Caribbean Palms

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I'll bet you don't see this everyday! These are fairly fast-growing palms in cultivation, but a specimen like this is rare, indeed (outside of habitat, that is). Anyone else have any large specimens?

Jody

WOW! That's beautiful Jody, what a perfect specimen. I've never seen any close to that size except in habitat.

Mike Harris

Caribbean Palms Nursery

Loxahatchee, Florida USA

Ken Johnson Grand Master

Ken Johnson

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I know where several of them are. They have been around for a while. Some great hybrids too. Under cultivation they sometimes grow fat all the way up the trunk!

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palmislandRandy Grand Master

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Oooooo, what a beautiful palm :mrlooney:

-Randy

"If you need me, I'll be outside" -Randy Wiesner Palm Beach County, Florida Zone 10Bish

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virtualpalm

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WOW! That's beautiful Jody, what a perfect specimen. I've never seen any close to that size except in habitat.

Thanks, Mike. Coming from you that is quite a compliment, indeed! Do you have any photos of it in habitat?

Jody

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I know where several of them are. They have been around for a while. Some great hybrids too. Under cultivation they sometimes grow fat all the way up the trunk!

Let's see some more photos! I'd love to see more large specimens.

Jody

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WOW! That's beautiful Jody, what a perfect specimen. I've never seen any close to that size except in habitat.

Thanks, Mike. Coming from you that is quite a compliment, indeed! Do you have any photos of it in habitat?

Jody

Hi Jody,

Here are a couple of habitat shots from the hills around Bani, Dominican Republic.

(The palms to the lower left without the 'belly' are a group of Sabal domingensis?)

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Mike Harris

Caribbean Palms Nursery

Loxahatchee, Florida USA

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Thanks for the amazing photos, Mike. Your message has made me realize a glaring mistake in my original topic name -- which is that C. spissa is NOT from Cuba at all! Does anyone know how I can change the topic name?!

Jody

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Is that one near the greenhouse at Jeff Searles?

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!

RainForestt Robert Mentor

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I can't believe that it has been 7 years since I took these photos in the DR.

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I have some photos elsewhere which shows woodpeckers making nests in the trunks. Will look them up later.

I have one plant from the few seeds I collected.

Robert

Trinidad!  Southernmost island in the Caribbean.

So many plants, So little space.

MattyB Grand Master

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Is that one near the greenhouse at Jeff Searles?

You're thinking of Gastrococos crispa Bill.

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Matt Bradford

"Manambe Lavaka"

Spring Valley, CA (8.5 miles inland from San Diego Bay)

10B on the hill (635 ft. elevation)

9B in the canyon (520 ft. elevation)

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virtualpalm

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You're thinking of Gastrococos crispa Bill.

Yes, now I remember... this and Colpothrinax wrightii are the two Cuban belly palms! I don't know what got into me yesterday to think that C. spissa was from Cuba... I guess I picked a bad week to stop sniffing glue!

I appreciate the refrain from everyone who read or responded to this topic for not flaming me on the topic title!

Jody

Jeff Searle Grand Master

Jeff Searle

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And for those of you that went to the DR for the Biennial and saw these, do you remember all the woodpecker holes in the trunks? They made some of them look like swisscheese!

It was an amazing stand of trees there.Everybody I think was in awe....

Searle Brothers Nursery Inc.

and The Rainforest Collection.

Southwest Ranches,Fl.

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