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Beautiful Braheas: Show yours please

Marius
Marius
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Here are pictures of some of my Brahea palms. Even though they are not at all widely grown in South Africa I’ve found them to be some of the best performers in my temperate dry inland climate garden. 

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    Brahea armata! Happily potted and pushing out new spears. 

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    Only a few of my palms are Brahea. 
     

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    Brahea nitida (calcarea)

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    B. edulis

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    B. edulis

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    B. edulis

    Jim in Los Altos, CA  SF Bay Area 37.34N- 122.13W- 190' above sea level

    zone 10a/9b

    sunset zone 16

    300+ palms, 90+ species in the ground

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    A real beauty 

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    Brahea Armata in Arizona. I don’t know why it’s posting sideways I even tried to rotate it and it still posts the same direction. 

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    I just noticed today my Brahea Dulcis Blue is getting more blue! 

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    Hesperia,Southern CA (High Desert area). Zone 8b

    Elevation; about 3600 ft.

    Lowest temp. I can expect each year 19/20*f lowest since I've been growing palms *13(2007) Hottest temp. Each year *106

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    13 hours ago, AzulPalmsAZ said:

    Brahea Armata in Arizona. I don’t know why it’s posting sideways I even tried to rotate it and it still posts the same direction. 

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    Here you go, fixed for all to enjoy.

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    A long way to go before my Armata catches up with many other people’s on here.

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    Dry-summer Oceanic / Warm summer Med (Csb) - 9a

    Average annual precipitation - 18.7 inches : Average annual sunshine hours - 1725

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    On 9/11/2022 at 7:48 AM, Meangreen94z said:

    Here you go, fixed for all to enjoy.

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    Thank you! That palm deserves proper representation just couldn’t figure it out… 

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    My Brahea Moorei with twelve flower stalks.  Loves being kept moist, it came in same seed batch as Glenn’s growing in Modesto, CA, origin was Cistus Nursery, Portland, Oregon. It is very happy in filtered light.  Perry (SLO Palms) has small plants from my Big Boy, not sure if he is selling these yet.  Seed is for sale, get in touch with me

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    Mine are youngins, and all armata - but here they are: 

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    Phoenix, Arizona. 

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    1 hour ago, AzulPalmsAZ said:

    Phoenix, Arizona. 

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    WOW! That really IS spectacular! 

     

    aztropic

    Mesa, Arizona 

    Mesa, Arizona

     

    Temps between 29F and 115F each year

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    Mine just now in the early morning shade.  It's only little, been in the ground one year, but seems pretty happy.

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    Manchester, Lancashire, England

    53.4ºN, 2.2ºW, 65m AMSL

    Köppen climate Cfb | USDA hardiness zone 9a

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    Nice flowering specimen in Sun City West, Arizona 

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    Starting the next generation! 😁 

     

    aztropic

    Mesa, Arizona 

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    Mesa, Arizona

     

    Temps between 29F and 115F each year

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    2 hours ago, AzulPalmsAZ said:

    Nice flowering specimen in Sun City West, Arizona 

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    Wow, this is an astonishing, chunky trunk!

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    An old Brahea brandegeei

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    My Brahea decumbens (orig. from Phil/JM) is only now starting to turn silver after several years. Pruning shears added for scale.

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    Super Silver 

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    Carambeí, 2nd tableland of the State Paraná , south Brazil.

    Alt:1030m. Native palms: Queen, B. eriospatha, B. microspadix, Allagoptera leucocalyx , A.campestris, Geonoma schottiana, Trithrinax acanthocoma. Subtr. climate, some frosty nights. No dry season. August: driest month. Rain:1700mm

     

    I am seeking for cold hardy palms!

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    Another Super Silver

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    Carambeí, 2nd tableland of the State Paraná , south Brazil.

    Alt:1030m. Native palms: Queen, B. eriospatha, B. microspadix, Allagoptera leucocalyx , A.campestris, Geonoma schottiana, Trithrinax acanthocoma. Subtr. climate, some frosty nights. No dry season. August: driest month. Rain:1700mm

     

    I am seeking for cold hardy palms!

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     B. clara

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    Carambeí, 2nd tableland of the State Paraná , south Brazil.

    Alt:1030m. Native palms: Queen, B. eriospatha, B. microspadix, Allagoptera leucocalyx , A.campestris, Geonoma schottiana, Trithrinax acanthocoma. Subtr. climate, some frosty nights. No dry season. August: driest month. Rain:1700mm

     

    I am seeking for cold hardy palms!

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    B. calcarea

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    Carambeí, 2nd tableland of the State Paraná , south Brazil.

    Alt:1030m. Native palms: Queen, B. eriospatha, B. microspadix, Allagoptera leucocalyx , A.campestris, Geonoma schottiana, Trithrinax acanthocoma. Subtr. climate, some frosty nights. No dry season. August: driest month. Rain:1700mm

     

    I am seeking for cold hardy palms!

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    Brahea edulis

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    Carambeí, 2nd tableland of the State Paraná , south Brazil.

    Alt:1030m. Native palms: Queen, B. eriospatha, B. microspadix, Allagoptera leucocalyx , A.campestris, Geonoma schottiana, Trithrinax acanthocoma. Subtr. climate, some frosty nights. No dry season. August: driest month. Rain:1700mm

     

    I am seeking for cold hardy palms!

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    Brahea armata

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    Carambeí, 2nd tableland of the State Paraná , south Brazil.

    Alt:1030m. Native palms: Queen, B. eriospatha, B. microspadix, Allagoptera leucocalyx , A.campestris, Geonoma schottiana, Trithrinax acanthocoma. Subtr. climate, some frosty nights. No dry season. August: driest month. Rain:1700mm

     

    I am seeking for cold hardy palms!

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    Brahea brandegeei

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    Carambeí, 2nd tableland of the State Paraná , south Brazil.

    Alt:1030m. Native palms: Queen, B. eriospatha, B. microspadix, Allagoptera leucocalyx , A.campestris, Geonoma schottiana, Trithrinax acanthocoma. Subtr. climate, some frosty nights. No dry season. August: driest month. Rain:1700mm

     

    I am seeking for cold hardy palms!

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    1 hour ago, Hillizard said:

    My Brahea decumbens (orig. from Phil/JM) is only now starting to turn silver after several years. Pruning shears added for scale.

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    I miss this species in my collection.  I tried seeds, but unfortunately no one germinated. And a little not so healthy plant that I bought, died. But it ' s still on my wishlist.

    Carambeí, 2nd tableland of the State Paraná , south Brazil.

    Alt:1030m. Native palms: Queen, B. eriospatha, B. microspadix, Allagoptera leucocalyx , A.campestris, Geonoma schottiana, Trithrinax acanthocoma. Subtr. climate, some frosty nights. No dry season. August: driest month. Rain:1700mm

     

    I am seeking for cold hardy palms!

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    My Brahea decumbens needs a trim job not as silver as I wished!!

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    i too love braheas.  my only regret was not growing brahea edulis but here are mine:

    brahea decumbens (hope electric company doesnt make me chop it ... just as its getting silver and huge 🤬) rookie planting

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    my smal squat brahea mooreii in a totally shaded spot.  super slow for me

     

     

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    Brahea super silver (still not silver to me LOL)
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    brahea brandegeii (wide angel shot because trunk is over 7 feet high)
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    brahea armata (fence is about 6 feet high)
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    My Santa Clarita Oasis

    "delectare et movere"

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    Brahea nitida: overhead view and close-up of curved trunk. Fronds definitely look nicer when grown in partial shade, at least where I live!

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    I have a few and I like Brahea dulcis ( berlandieri) very much!

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    Carambeí, 2nd tableland of the State Paraná , south Brazil.

    Alt:1030m. Native palms: Queen, B. eriospatha, B. microspadix, Allagoptera leucocalyx , A.campestris, Geonoma schottiana, Trithrinax acanthocoma. Subtr. climate, some frosty nights. No dry season. August: driest month. Rain:1700mm

     

    I am seeking for cold hardy palms!

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    On palmpedia is a pic of the same palm from 8 years ago. image.png.6697f41b30b7864220d89a71b3a689b8.png

    Carambeí, 2nd tableland of the State Paraná , south Brazil.

    Alt:1030m. Native palms: Queen, B. eriospatha, B. microspadix, Allagoptera leucocalyx , A.campestris, Geonoma schottiana, Trithrinax acanthocoma. Subtr. climate, some frosty nights. No dry season. August: driest month. Rain:1700mm

     

    I am seeking for cold hardy palms!

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    Two of my Brahea Armatas that I planted a few weeks ago. Still have many years to go before they get big but at least they have a nice small trunk. 

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    7 hours ago, Alberto said:

    I have a few and I like Brahea dulcis ( berlandieri) very much!

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    That’s a nice blue form. I’ve only seen green locally.

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    My silver armata in (winter wet) Amsterdam. 

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    Edited by Axel Amsterdam

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    8 hours ago, Meangreen94z said:

    That’s a nice blue form. I’ve only seen green locally.

    Yes, I thought it was called Brahea berlandieri in the past. My plants all are forming little suckers at the base.

    Carambeí, 2nd tableland of the State Paraná , south Brazil.

    Alt:1030m. Native palms: Queen, B. eriospatha, B. microspadix, Allagoptera leucocalyx , A.campestris, Geonoma schottiana, Trithrinax acanthocoma. Subtr. climate, some frosty nights. No dry season. August: driest month. Rain:1700mm

     

    I am seeking for cold hardy palms!

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    image.thumb.jpeg.183342d2b550f99a7cda16c6eb8fb1ab.jpegSanta Monica Beach

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    Not mine but couldn’t resist as it’s so fat. Cote d’azur France

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    9 minutes ago, Axel Amsterdam said:

    Not mine but couldn’t resist as it’s so fat. Cote d’azur France

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    thats a beauty and quite old. even more impressive since its in france.  thanks for sharing.

    My Santa Clarita Oasis

    "delectare et movere"

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    2 hours ago, ASHCVS said:

    image.thumb.jpeg.183342d2b550f99a7cda16c6eb8fb1ab.jpegSanta Monica Beach

    Is that an aculeata?

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