Palms of Balboa Park

[Sabal Steve]

Sabal palmetto

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Mutant Sabal sp.

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Jubaea chilensis

Phoenix sp.

I originally thought roebelenii, but the trunk is much thicker, and the fronds don't look quite right. Maybe a roebelenii x reclinata. Single trunked though...

Edited January 30, 2014 by Sabal Steve

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Phoenix roebelenii

Dypsis Lutescens?

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Hyophorbe lagenicaulis?

Archontophoenix sp.?

? (The stunted looking one to the right, with the silver undersides)

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Livastona sp.? (decora?)

Caryota mitis

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Ravenea sp.?

Phoenix sp. (rupicola?)

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I don't know my spiky palms...

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Spines

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Trachycarpus sp.

Anyone know which one?

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I never knew how good different Livistona species looked when grouped.

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At first I thought that this was a Brahea armata, but now I'm having second guesses.

Brahea experts?

No idea what this is.

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Copernica alba

Hyphane sp.

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Brahea sp.

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Mystery Brahea sp. B. armata? Limited, if any, armament...

Edited March 14, 2014 by Sabal Steve

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Edited March 14, 2014 by Sabal Steve

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More Sabal riverside

This looked familiar, but I couldn't ID. Possibly S. palmetto, there were several in the area. It's not happy...

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Anyone happen to know what Phoenix sp. that this might be! They were awesome. Young P. dactyliferia?

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[paulgila]

the spiny one in post 50 looks like trithrinax.

[paulgila]

I never noticed that hyophorbe before.

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I never noticed that hyophorbe before.

It's small, and on the south rim of palm canyon to the east. By the road that separates palm canyon from the cultural houses. It's been there for a while, but has seen better days...

[Sabal Steve]

the spiny one in post 50 looks like trithrinax.

That sounds right. Any idea in the Trachy species? There are thoulsands of ripe seeds there between the half dozen or so specimens.

Edited March 14, 2014 by Sabal Steve

[paulgila]

where are the trachys in question located? I have seen plenty of t.fortunei scattered around and by the wooden stairs going down into palm canyon there are some that look

like t.wagnerianus. there are also some trachys that I cannot ID over by the archery range on the NW corner of the canyon.

[Sabal Steve]

where are the trachys in question located? I have seen plenty of t.fortunei scattered around and by the wooden stairs going down into palm canyon there are some that look

like t.wagnerianus. there are also some trachys that I cannot ID over by the archery range on the NW corner of the canyon.

Thety are probably closer to the archery range, but sort of in between that and the stairs. They seem to have finer leaflets than T. fortunei? I thought that waggies had fairly wide leaflets also?

[paulgila]

yes,i have seen those. at one time I thought maybe they were something other than t.fortunei like t.martianus.

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Young Beccariophoenix sp.?

Ghuahia (Spelling...) sp.

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Pritchardia sp.

Pritchardia sp.

Brahea sp.

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Triple Dypsis decaryi

I have no idea what this is?

[paulgila]

I think that last one is Attalea.

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A few Braheas and a Sabal.

[avanza]

Thank you very much Steve

[Matt in OC]

Great pics, Steve. Not sure if anyone has been to Balboa Park lately, but it sure looks like the lack of rain has taken a decent toll on a lot of the water-loving palms in Palm Canyon. Some of the larger palms in the Conservatory looked pretty rough too, particularly the Chambeyronia massing. And the Foxy Lady is pushing up against the roof so its days are numbered. The Prestoea is getting really beefy though and is worth a peek.

Sorry, not too many pics to share as I was running after little ones. But here's one of the Belmoreana infructescence from Palm Canyon. and some scale to a fallen Royal frond!