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personal names for palms

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in DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDE

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Anybody call there palm something that is not a scientific name or common name for it?

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    My wife could care less about palm specifics, but she names the various palms in the yard so I know who she is talking about.….  “Hulk”, “Baby-Yoda”, “Spike”, “Joe Biden”, “Donald Trump”, “Big-Yoda”,  “Hawaii”, “Fireball”, etc…

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    I haven't yet but I like the idea.

    5 hours ago, Looking Glass said:

    My wife could care less about palm specifics, but she names the various palms in the yard so I know who she is talking about.….  “Hulk”, “Baby-Yoda”, “Spike”, “Joe Biden”, “Donald Trump”, “Big-Yoda”,  “Hawaii”, “Fireball”, etc…

    I see a game in guessing what the palm is based on it’s nickname.

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    Dammit.

    As in "Grow Damn it!"

     

    South Florida

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    Mine are just called that palm over there

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    3 hours ago, Centraltxpalm said:

    Mine are just called that palm over there

    in addition to that, there's the big one and the little one

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    Just now, spike said:

    in addition to that, there's the big one and the little one

    Soon I can say the blue one once the brahea is visible above ground.

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    "The big one in the backyard", "The big one in the front yard", "The little one in the front yard", "The little one near the driveway", "The one by the fence gate", "The little one over there with the potted plants".

    Palms - 1 Bismarckia nobilis, 2 Butia odorata, 1 BxJ, 4 BxS, 1 Chamaerops humilis, 1 Chamaedorea cataractarum, 1 Chamaedorea elegans, 1 Chamaedorea microspadix, 1 Chamaedorea radicalis, 1 Hyophorbe verschaffeltii, 1 Livistona chinensis, 1 Livistona nitida, 1 Phoenix canariensis, 2 Phoenix roebelenii, 1 Phoenix sylvestris, 1 Ravenea rivularis, 1 Rhapis excelsa, 1 Sabal bermudana, 4 Sabal palmetto, 1 Sabal minor, 2 Syagrus romanzoffiana, 3 Trachycarpus fortunei, 4 Washingtonia robusta
    Total: 37

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    I bought SIX flamethrowers... partly to increase the chance one will be "flaming"  at any particular point. What's funny is that they seem to be aligning themselves timing-wise. On the bright side, it should be an amazing show if they did all go off together!

    To clarify which "flamethrower" we're talking about, we named each after people we've bought palms from. Those in Southern California might recognize some of our flamethrower names (Joe, Josh, Jesse, Phil, Jack & Arlene).

    Here are "Jack" (hookeri) & Arlene" (macrocarpa) on adoption day...

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    Stacey Wright  |  Graphic Designer

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    Guilty. I have named several palms. Silly as it is to some I know to get the know the plants ‘personality’ before naming them - it helps ease premature losses as well. 

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    Our Normanbya normanbyi is called Fred, of coarse. lol

    Cheers Steve

    It is not dead, it is just senescence.

       

     

     

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    This issue has been addressed in previous threads,  mine are 'Siegmund und Sieglinde'.  Why ???? 

     

    They are Trachycarpus wagnerianus, they are siblings from the same seed lot, and they are opposite gender !   :mrlooney:

    San Francisco, California

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    I think that some personal names people in the community have come up with are bizzie for Bismarkia and washy for washingtonia and trachy for trachycarpus which I think is funny enough!

    An Autistic boy who has an obsession with tropical plants.

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    On 2/26/2022 at 7:43 PM, iDesign said:

    (Joe, Josh, Jesse, Phil, Jack & Arlene).

     

    Looks like Phil and Arlene need to get with the program and get themselves a "J" name like everyone selling flamethrowers.

    Corpus Christi, TX, near salt water, zone 9b/10a! Except when it isn't and everything gets nuked.

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    Banana Palms - Foster, Foster Jr.

    Pygmy Date - Faith

    Christmas Palm - Noel

    Palmetto Sabal - Mr. Palmetto

    Washingtonia - Skyduster

    Cat Palm - Nyan

    Still need to name Areca, open to suggestions

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    Yes, count me in. Have a large Howeia - I call her Nemi (short version of Nemesis) for decades. It is my old lady and a kind of a queen among all the other palms. 🙂

    In deepest sorrow for Pal Meir - Jens, I will never forget you ... 😪

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    On 3/1/2022 at 2:44 AM, Darold Petty said:

    This issue has been addressed in previous threads,  mine are 'Siegmund und Sieglinde'.  Why ???? 

    😍
    And they have their own and famous opera. 

    In deepest sorrow for Pal Meir - Jens, I will never forget you ... 😪

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    9 hours ago, Z4Devil said:

    Yes, count me in. Have a large Howeia - I call her Nemi (short version of Nemesis) for decades. It is my old lady and a kind of a queen among all the other palms. 🙂

    I would like to see a pic of your old lady Nemi. Or is she too shy? 🥰

    My photos at flickr: flickr.com/photos/palmeir/albums

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    This is Ben Zîz which means »son of Palermo«:

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    My photos at flickr: flickr.com/photos/palmeir/albums
    On 3/31/2023 at 9:40 PM, Pal Meir said:

    I would like to see a pic of your old lady Nemi. Or is she too shy? 🥰

    No problem at all, Pal. Here you go (with my current wallpaper [about 1 year old] and a photo I've made on Sunday evening). 🙂
    Nemi is really very large now, so I have to tie the leaves together. In all its glory (untied), Nemi takes more than half of the living room. 

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    In deepest sorrow for Pal Meir - Jens, I will never forget you ... 😪

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    44 minutes ago, Z4Devil said:

    No problem at all, Pal. Here you go (with my current wallpaper [about 1 year old] and a photo I've made on Sunday evening). 🙂
    Nemi is really very large now, so I have to tie the leaves together. In all its glory (untied), Nemi takes more than half of the living room. 

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    I am overwhelmed. I'm lost for words. It looks like the Lord Howe Islands. 😍

    My photos at flickr: flickr.com/photos/palmeir/albums

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    Thank you, Pal. 🙂
    Many years ago, I have posted a photo of Nemi here - outside on the loggia. It was really difficult to bring the palm outside due to its size and especially weight (soil was wet). But we had warm and strong summer rain those days, Nemi had earned it. To clean here leaves manually takes about one hour, I am very meticulous to get each single one. 

    If it is feasible, I will try to make a photo in full size, without binders. Guess I have to leave the living room to bring Nemi on the photo in one piece. 😂

    In deepest sorrow for Pal Meir - Jens, I will never forget you ... 😪

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