NikoPalms Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 Hello everyone, I'm no palm expert but I've never seen a queen/syagrus like this one in the photo... It has a thick trunk, huge palm fronds and leaflets as wide as 10cm Wondering if it's a syagrus variety or just some Santa Catarina Queen. Located in Glyfada, south Athens, Greece. Fivis/Aggelou Metaxa st Photo is from today, Jan 17/2023 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frond-friend42 Posted January 18 Report Share Posted January 18 Yes I believe this is romanzoffiana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iDesign Posted January 18 Report Share Posted January 18 It's sad that the sight of a healthy Queen palm is rare enough site it can be mistaken for a different palm type. In my neighborhood Queens are the #1 planting, and it's rare that one looks healthy. Took this photo literally minutes ago driving home from an errand. Sadly Queens in this state are extremely common. Would love to have one like your example in the neighborhood. 1 Stacey Wright | Graphic Designer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLM Posted January 18 Report Share Posted January 18 On 1/17/2023 at 4:34 PM, NikoPalms said: Hello everyone, I'm no palm expert but I've never seen a queen/syagrus like this one in the photo... It has a thick trunk, huge palm fronds and leaflets as wide as 10cm Wondering if it's a syagrus variety or just some Santa Catarina Queen. Located in Glyfada, south Athens, Greece. Fivis/Aggelou Metaxa st Photo is from today, Jan 17/2023 That right there is an exceptionally beautiful Queen! Theres hardly a sign of any discoloration, its all green! That in of itself is rare. Palms - 4 S. romanzoffiana, 2 W. bifurcata, 6 W. robusta, 1 R. rivularis, 1 B. odorata, 1 B. nobilis, 2 S. palmetto, 1 A. merillii, 2 P. sylvestris, 1 Butia x Jubaea, 1 Butia x Jubaea x Butia x Syagrus, 1 X Butiagrus nabonnandii, 2 L. chinensis, 1 Cocos nucifera, 1 Phoenix roebelenii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrone Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 On 1/18/2023 at 6:34 AM, NikoPalms said: Hello everyone, I'm no palm expert but I've never seen a queen/syagrus like this one in the photo... It has a thick trunk, huge palm fronds and leaflets as wide as 10cm Wondering if it's a syagrus variety or just some Santa Catarina Queen. Located in Glyfada, south Athens, Greece. Fivis/Aggelou Metaxa st Photo is from today, Jan 17/2023 They can be a beautiful palm when grown well, that's for sure. But then any palm grown badly will look ugly. 1 Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iDesign Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 14 hours ago, Tyrone said: But then any palm grown badly will look ugly. Very true, though from my observations some types of neglected palms LOOK worse than others. My suburban neighborhood has primarily Queens, Kings, Kentia & Mexican Fan palms... - Neglected Queens LOOK the worst, with a poof of tiny yellow fronds and extreme penciling. The one in the above photo isn't even the worst-looking Queen I've seen 🤣 - Neglected Kings & Kentias look surprisingly good despite terrible care (and water restrictions). They're undoubtedly unhealthy, but don't show their misery in as dramatic of a way as the Queens do. 🌴 - Mexican Fans don't seem to need any sort of care in my area. I've seen glorious, robust ones pushing through sidewalk cracks, with no water source that I can see. 😈 1 Stacey Wright | Graphic Designer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janni Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 Wow! That’s one of the best looking syagrus romanzoffiana I ever saw… although I am no expert to tell the difference between the regular form and the Santa Catarina form, I would say it is the regular one. That’s just because the nurseries in Greece don’t have such varieties in stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikoPalms Posted January 30 Author Report Share Posted January 30 Thank you for all the responses! Yes it is an exceptionally beautiful example of a queen palm 🌴. They really are beautiful when grown probably and they have a full crown of healthy fronds. Hoping to grow my 2 queens just as healthy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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