Want to Play “Guess the Palm?”

[Kim]

Post a closeup of part of a palm — trunk, frond, crownshaft, whatever, and first to get it right goes next. So only play if you are willing to contribute if you win. 
Here goes— a trunk familiar to many of you:

[aegean]

Dypsis decipiens ?

[Teegurr]

9 hours ago, Kim said:

Post a closeup of part of a palm — trunk, frond, crownshaft, whatever, and first to get it right goes next. So only play if you are willing to contribute if you win. 
Here goes— a trunk familiar to many of you:

Satakentia liukiuensis

[GatoCapa]

Archontophoenix purpurea?

Edited May 31, 2021 by GatoCapa

[realarch]

Dypsis carlsmithii.

Tim

[James B]

Rhopalostylis?

[Kim]

12 hours ago, aegean said:

Dypsis decipiens ?

Nope

[Kim]

6 hours ago, Teegurr said:

Satakentia liukiuensis

Nope

[Kim]

6 hours ago, GatoCapa said:

Archontophoenix purpurea?

No sir Gato

[Kim]

3 hours ago, James B said:

Rhopalostylis?

Sorry, no. 

[Kim]

5 hours ago, realarch said:

Dypsis carlsmithii.

Tim

Ding! Ding! Ding! Winner winner, chicken dinner!
 

Thanks to Aegean, Teegurr, GatoCapa, and James B for hazarding guesses!

Tim, you are on deck.

[John hovancsek]

Guess this

[realarch]

Chicken dinner? A big cluck cluck to that!

Tim

[realarch]

John, you’re too exuberant……but I’d say Cyphosperma tanga.

Tim

[John hovancsek]

11 hours ago, realarch said:

John, you’re too exuberant……but I’d say Cyphosperma tanga.

Tim

Nope

[realarch]

OK, Guess The Palm #2. I’m sticking with a trunk, partial crown shaft photo, but certainly not limited to that. Here ya go!

Tim

[Teegurr]

28 minutes ago, realarch said:

OK, Guess The Palm #2. I’m sticking with a trunk, partial crown shaft photo, but certainly not limited to that. Here ya go!

Tim

Socratea exorrhiza

[realarch]

You are CORRECT! The torch is passed to you.

Tim

[Teegurr]

Easy one, I think

 

[aegean]

I would say that's a Mule Palm

[Teegurr]

3 minutes ago, aegean said:

I would say that's a Mule Palm

Boom, correct! Your turn!

[realarch]

Hmmmmm…..seems like this way too easy or you Palmtalkers are too good.

Tim

[aegean]

OK, can you guess this one ? It's still a quite young and small specimen and probably won't get big in my zone. 

 

[Kim]

Caryota mitis?

[aegean]

36 minutes ago, Kim said:

Caryota mitis?

Nope, but you are close.

[Kim]

On 5/31/2021 at 3:30 PM, John hovancsek said:

Guess this

Marojejya darianii?

[Kim]

9 hours ago, aegean said:

Nope, but you are close.

Hmmm... Caryota maxima v. 'himalayana'? That's my final guess. 

[aegean]

7 minutes ago, Kim said:

Hmmm... Caryota maxima v. 'himalayana'? That's my final guess. 

That's right !

The torch is passed to you again.

[Kim]

Here is an easy one. 

[John hovancsek]

10 hours ago, Kim said:

M. Amicormum? Probably butchered the name

[John hovancsek]

The pic I posted was hydrostele cylindrocarpa 

[Kim]

Okay John! You win, but I'm amazed no one else even tried.  And just for the record, the genus is Metroxylon and the epithet is "amicorum." It's the form that doesn't die after flowering.

So, John, got a nice pic of the detail of a palm someone other than we east Hawaii folks might know? I realize you are in CandyLand when it comes to palms!

 

[richnorm]

11 hours ago, Kim said:

Here is an easy one. 

Easy?! Never seen anything like it but Pigafetta maybe?

[Kim]

1 hour ago, richnorm said:

Easy?! Never seen anything like it but Pigafetta maybe?

Metroxylon amicorum. Not much else like it as far as I know. A very striking palm. Happy to introduce it to you! 

[John hovancsek]

Here is one from candy land. I don’t have it in my garden but I helped pollinate 

[Valhallalla]

3 hours ago, John hovancsek said:

Here is one from candy land. I don’t have it in my garden but I helped pollinate

Borassodendron machadonis?

[John hovancsek]

22 hours ago, Valhallalla said:

Borassodendron machadonis?

Good guess. These palms are truly amazing 

[Valhallalla]

An older palm collector a mile or two away from me has one. Cool palm. I seem to recall that the flowers are somewhat less than pleasant smelling. Is that right?

Anyway, I suppose it's my turn.

[Frond-friend42]

5 hours ago, Valhallalla said:

An older palm collector a mile or two away from me has one. Cool palm. I seem to recall that the flowers are somewhat less than pleasant smelling. Is that right?

Anyway, I suppose it's my turn.

Guihaia argyrata?

[Valhallalla]

6 hours ago, Frond-friend42 said:

Guihaia argyrata?

Yep. I figured my selection would either be very difficult or very easy. Turned out to be the latter. I was considering using the silver bronze underside of the leaf but my wife really liked the photo of the hastula area.

For those that don't know, Guihaia are unique in the palm world for being the only palmate leaved palms with reduplicate ('A' shaped cross section) leaflets as opposed to induplicate ('V' shaped) leaflets. This makes for a quick and reliable ID if you know to look for it.

I love my clump of Guihaias. Totally trouble free. They have withstood having heavy Foxtail fronds dropped on them from above for over 20 years with nary a complaint. Also excellent in a hurricane lol.

Next time it makes seeds I'll try to share some here. Either Guihaia is not actually dioecious or one of the plants in my clump has gone hermaphrodite.