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ramsayi, spinosa, and peltata var. sumawongii seem pretty common.

I agree.  I know of people growing all of those, and they seem pretty reliable.  There as dozens of different species - I figured that some of our members must have tried an oddball or two down here.

Picked up a Lanonia (formerly Licuala ) dasyantha recently.  Looking forward to getting it planted. 

Also growing a peltata var. sumawongii.  

Ramsayi have been a breeze and I have some peltata var. peltata seedlings that made it outdoors this winter without a problem. 

L. fordiana has been stellar Steve. Mine is producing a batch of seeds after only 5 years or so. I wish I could try more varieties, but sheltered wet areas are hard to come by around my house. I do have some Lanonias on their way though...

58 minutes ago, quaman58 said:

L. fordiana has been stellar Steve. Mine is producing a batch of seeds after only 5 years or so. I wish I could try more varieties, but sheltered wet areas are hard to come by around my house. I do have some Lanonias on their way though...

Interesting.  I wasn't familiar with that one.  Nice looking plant.

I have a Lanonia dasyantha, Licuala peltata var. sumawongii. and a Licuala ramsayi - none of which are planted yet, but I have spots set aside.   I tried a L. mapu as an indoor plant, but it got a fungus and rapidly declined.  My friend Adam, who lives about a mile directly north of me grows all the ones mentioned above (except L. mapu), as well as a L. Spinosa.  We both live on a mesa, but he is backed up against a canyon as well.

Licuala Distans is a good grower. I've had no problems with this one

ramsayi, spinosa, peltata var. sumawongii and fordiana are doing well for me.

This is a great informative thread about licualas in So Cal.  The 3 most common are stated above, L ramsayi, spinosa, and  sumawongii.  Licuala floridiana is another one great for So Cal.  This is just as easy to grow as the others.   Like all licualas, planting them in a protected area from wind and sun is ideal.  Here is my Licuala floridiana in Santa Barbara.  Outdoor grown since 2012, planted as a large 7 gal 2yrs ago.  Currently 3' tall, with pups and has flowered multiple times.  Pic taken this a.m. with my iPad 

  L.ramsayi  L'fordiana L spinosa  L samuongii Like josh said Licuala distans grows here no problem and is doing great in my garden (My favorite of the ones iam growing) and has a great form to it lanonia dysyantha is doing well but can be a challenge