Sabal maritima is one of my "cast-iron" species. I have not lost a one. Here are some seedlings a year before they were planted out:

The seedlings were planted out at the beginning of our next wet season in June 2006. Here some six years after planting out:

Here's the label:

Erica on the trunk

Here is the inflorescence:

and the young fruit

and the older fruits and a close up:

and finally some seedlings raised from seeds collected from the photo of 6 May 2011:

I love the pictures. I have S. maritima in Augusta, GA, but it is not quite cold-hardy enough for me. It will suffer foliage damage in the lower 20's, but doesn't die. S. causiarum, bermudana, mexicana, rosei, etc. don't have any problems.

¡Qué bonito!

I really like your threads because the growth rates of palms is one of my favorite things, so it's cool to see the before/after with the dates, so keep the threads coming! It's really amazing to me to see how fast this Sabal has grown, because most of the time Sabals are pretty slow growing. If you ever want to offer seed from your palms I'd definitely like to try them here.

I'm with Keith. Don't think that I've seen any Sabals grow that fast in my area.

I like your posts too, but maritima is not endemic to Cuba... It is also reputed to have the thickest leaf of all the Sabals.

I like your posts too, but maritima is not endemic to Cuba... It is also reputed to have the thickest leaf of all the Sabals.

Kew lists Jamaica and Cuba as it's native range though

http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do;jsessionid=736752C329B4F6144219B284BF9A3032?name_id=181041

I like your posts too, but maritima is not endemic to Cuba... It is also reputed to have the thickest leaf of all the Sabals.

Kew lists Jamaica and Cuba as it's native range though

http://apps.kew.org/...?name_id=181041

Which is why I said it's not endemic to Cuba.

I like your posts too, but maritima is not endemic to Cuba... It is also reputed to have the thickest leaf of all the Sabals.

Kew lists Jamaica and Cuba as it's native range though

http://apps.kew.org/...?name_id=181041

Which is why I said it's not endemic to Cuba.

Right, but i didn't see where he said that they were endemic, i just see the tag that says Jamaica and Cuba.

I like your posts too, but maritima is not endemic to Cuba... It is also reputed to have the thickest leaf of all the Sabals.

Kew lists Jamaica and Cuba as it's native range though

http://apps.kew.org/...?name_id=181041

Which is why I said it's not endemic to Cuba.

Right, but i didn't see where he said that they were endemic, i just see the tag that says Jamaica and Cuba.

True... I was just remarking on the "Cuban Palmetto". I am not a fan of common names and certainly wouldn't want to offend any Jamaicans, mon'!

True... I was just remarking on the "Cuban Palmetto". I am not a fan of common names and certainly wouldn't want to offend any Jamaicans, mon'!

Oh I see, I didn't think about that.

The only Sabal of significant size that I know of in San Francisco is a Sabal maritima, grown from seed collected by Mr. Young of Tampa, a long-time Palm Society notable. The only other Sabals that are even old enough to bloom in this city are Sabal minor.