Palm Quiz: ID that trunk

[PalmatierMeg]

I was looking out the office window the other day and started admiring the structure of palm trunks on two species I have grown. That gave me an idea: most palms have a distinctive trunk architecture but I seldom see that trait discussed or even noticed. So I took photos of the trunks of a number of my palms and am posting the first 10 here. Can you determine palm genus for each? Additional kudos if you can ID the species. Let's go.

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[Sabal Steve]

If I had to guess...

 

1. No idea

2. Clustering Dypsis Sp.

3. Looks like something that will not grow here.

4. Attalea

5. Archontophoenix sp.

6. C. tepejilote

7. D. pembana, lanecelota, or cabadae

8. No idea

9. No idea

10. Howea sp.

[Josh-O]

Here are my guesses Meg

 

1.cuban royal

2. Dypsis lutescens 

3. dypsis lancealota 

4.  attalea cohune

5. Archontophoenix something

6. C. tepejilote

7.dypsis cabadae 

8. Dypsis madagascarensis

9. Kentiopsos oliviformis

10. Syagrus botryophora 

[RedRabbit]

I'll give it a shot...

1. Hyophorbe lagenicaulis

2. Dypsis lutescens

3. Dypsis sp.

4. Syagrus schizophylla

5. Veitchia joannis

6. Chamaedorea radicalis

7. Dypsis pembana 

8. ?

9. Syagrus botryophora

10. ?

[Kostas]

1. Carpoxylon macrospermum

2. Dypsis sp.

3. Dypsis prestoniana

4. Thrinax radiata 

5. Veitchia arecina

6. Chamaedorea woodsoniana

7. Syagrus romanzoffiana

8. Chambeyronia macrocarpa

9. Caryota sp.

10. Acoeloraphe wrightii

[Cocoa Beach Jason]

1. Spindle

2. Dypsis Lutescens

3. Burretiokentia Sp.

4. Thrinax Radiata

5. Archontophoenix Alex.

6. Chamaedoria I don't know.

7. Dypsis Pembana

8. Chambeyronia Macrocarpa

9. Veitchia W.

10. Coccothrinax

[Xenon]

1. Carpoxylon

2. Dypsis pembana 

3. Solitary Dypsis sp. (D. prestoniana?)

4. Attalea

5. Veitchia

6. ?

7. Chambeyronia 

8. Dypsis lanceolata 

9. ?

10. Cocothrinax 

[jardinierpalmiertrat]

1-carpoxylon

2-dypsis lutescens

3-?

4-Phytelephas

5-Roystonea regia

6-

7-Dypsis?

8-Areca?

9-Caryota

10-acoelorrhaphe wrightii

[PalmatierMeg]

Answers below

1. Carpoxylon macrospermum

2. Dypsis lutescens

3. Dypsis Tri-Bear

4. Thrinax radiata

5. Roystonea regia

6. Chamaedorea tepejilote

7. Dypsis pembana

8. Kentiopsis oliviformis

9. Veitchia joannis

10. Acoelorraphe wrightii

How did you do?

[RedRabbit]

I didn't do well. lol

I'm surprised by #8, after Kostas posts Chambeyronia macrocarpa I thought for sure he was correct.

 

[Kostas]

Nice game Meg, thank you

 

There is some faint tomentum/patterning to be seen on #8's trunk, which would indicate K. oliviformis. Chambeyronia lack that. My bad.

[Cocoa Beach Jason]

I am bad at this.