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Tiny Sabal minor

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By buffy
in COLD HARDY PALMS

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Found this at the lakehouse. I have no idea where I found it, but it's tiny and has been flowering for two seasons.

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Longview, Texas :: Record Low: -5F, Feb. 16, 2021 :: Borderline 8A/8B :: '06-'07: 18F / '07-'08: 21F / '08-'09: 21F / '09-'10: 14F / '10-'11: 15F / '11-'12: 24F / '12-'13: 23F / '13-'14: 15F / '14-'15: 20F / '15-'16: 27F / '16-'17: 15F / '17-'18: 8F / '18-'19: 23F / '19-'20: 19F / '20-'21: -5F / '21-'22: 20F / '22-'23: 6F

floridaPalmMan Proficient

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4 hours ago, buffy said:

Found this at the lakehouse. I have no idea where I found it

What? I'm about 4 beers deep so you're ganna have to explain this to me.

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buffy Mentor

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I collect palm seeds and grow them from wherever I find them. I also forget. 

Longview, Texas :: Record Low: -5F, Feb. 16, 2021 :: Borderline 8A/8B :: '06-'07: 18F / '07-'08: 21F / '08-'09: 21F / '09-'10: 14F / '10-'11: 15F / '11-'12: 24F / '12-'13: 23F / '13-'14: 15F / '14-'15: 20F / '15-'16: 27F / '16-'17: 15F / '17-'18: 8F / '18-'19: 23F / '19-'20: 19F / '20-'21: -5F / '21-'22: 20F / '22-'23: 6F

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Looks like a (new) variety of uber dwarf Sabal minor. In TX this time? My experience with them is that they come true from seed. I'd love to buy some seeds from you if you got any to spare.

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On 2/8/2021 at 10:37 AM, buffy said:

I collect palm seeds and grow them from wherever I find them. I also forget. 

AHHH that makes a lot of sense. Thanks for the clarification

Joe NC Proficient

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2 hours ago, PalmatierMeg said:

My experience with them is that they come true from seed.

Interesting.

I have a volunteer that has flowered from a small size, at around ~1/4 of the rest of mine.  I thought maybe it was just stunted by the conditions in the spot it grew (under a loquat).  Loquat has been gone for a few years (fire blight), and the minor has not got any bigger.  The closest potential parents are NC native minors (sourced Rocky Point NC, blooming at ~4ft frond height), but I do have a few assorted blue pot specials of unknown origin around the yard. 

I don't remember it producing many seeds, but I may have run over the flower stalk with the lawn mower, shame....

I will keep a better eye on, and take better care of this one. 

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5 hours ago, Joe NC said:

Interesting.

I have a volunteer that has flowered from a small size, at around ~1/4 of the rest of mine.  I thought maybe it was just stunted by the conditions in the spot it grew (under a loquat).  Loquat has been gone for a few years (fire blight), and the minor has not got any bigger.  The closest potential parents are NC native minors (sourced Rocky Point NC, blooming at ~4ft frond height), but I do have a few assorted blue pot specials of unknown origin around the yard. 

I don't remember it producing many seeds, but I may have run over the flower stalk with the lawn mower, shame....

I will keep a better eye on, and take better care of this one. 

Flower stalk and frond of my little guy vs. one of the closest NC native minors and possible parent.

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Those wee minors would be great for naturalizing as an understory or groundcover. Very nice!

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