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Coconut interspecific hybrids?

TaylorPlantHunter

By TaylorPlantHunter
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I was discussing with another plant enthusiast yesterday the possibility of a coconut interspecific hybrid. Has anyone ever heard of or seen a coconut crossed with another species of Palm and is this even possible?

Thanks,

Taylor

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1 hour ago, TaylorPlantHunter said:

I was discussing with another plant enthusiast yesterday the possibility of a coconut interspecific hybrid. Has anyone ever heard of or seen a coconut crossed with another species of Palm and is this even possible?

Thanks,

Taylor

Every coconut palm is within the genus “Cocos” and despite all the varieties we have in cultivation, they’re all the same species: “nucifera”. A maypan vs. Malayan dwarf vs. Jamaican tall, etc. are just different cultivars, but the same species. As such, it would require crossing a coconut palm with something from a different genus to cross it with anything other than another cultivar of C. nucifera, so I (maybe I’m wrong but I don’t think so) don’t think that is genetically or scientifically possible. 

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Former South Florida resident living in the Greater Orlando Area, zone 9b.

Constantly wishing I could still grow zone 10 palms worry-free, but also trying to appease my strange fixation with Washingtonias. 

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