Aiphanes horrida

[Cindy Adair]

Below are photos of A. horrida from Nong Nooch. Then a few of mine that I was told was a Coyure palm so I thought it's A. horrida as well. However, the black dagger like spines below the leaflets on mine don't seem visible in the ones from Nong Nooch. Hover for names, but A. aculeata has been replaced by A. horrida I think. Could that be climate/age/individual variation? Or maybe they just aren't visible on the Nong Nooch palm because I didn't specifically take that view. Perhaps someone out there can help to be sure the I.D. of my palm is correct. Thanks!

[Howeadypsis]

That looks fabulous!

[Jeff Searle]

Cindy,

I'm certainly no expert on Aiphanes, but I'm pretty sure some species differ from others. And some do have spines on the undersides of the leaves AND some do not. I think were talking two different species here.

[Walt]

Below is an Aiphanes horrida growing in Sebring, Florida. I've been tracking it's growth (as well as the Dypsis leptocheilos close to it) for many years now. It has grown nicely over the years. I don't know how many feet of trunk it has but the chain link fence is four feet high. I used to have an Aiphanes aculeata (before the name change) but it died from a disease or bacterial infection.

[Alicehunter2000]

Walt, your yard is looking nice. What temps has it seen?

[Walt]

Walt, your yard is looking nice. What temps has it seen?

Dave,

I had mostly an average winter (this past one). No where near the lows and duration of low temperatures I had in December of 2010.

I had some frost foliage damage to my royal palm and coconut palm (far more so on the coconut) palm and my A. alexandrae palms, But by and large my garden escaped major cold damage. Most stuff under canopy wasn't hurt. If all my winters were like this past one I would be happy enough, But I've had 2-3 warmer winters in the past 15 years I've lived here-- and would prefer to have the warmest of the three every winter.