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Silver undersides

idontknowhatnametuse
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They look very beautiful, especially when it's very dark outside. Share your palms with this trait.

Sabal yapa

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Acrocomia aculeata

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    Great topic! I love silver undersides (abaxial surfaces) especially at night. 
     

    Trachycarpus princeps

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    Archontophoenix myolensis

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    Archontophoenix purpurea

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    Sabal mauritiformis

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    Ceroxylon sp (had it labelled as ventricosum but I think maybe alpinum)

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    Tim Brisbane

    Patterson Lakes, bayside Melbourne, Australia

    Rarely Frost

    2005 Minimum: 2.6C,  Maximum: 44C

    2005 Average: 17.2C, warmest on record.

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    Brahea calcarea 

     

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    Chamaerops humilis 

     

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    Arenga engleri

     

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    Licuala sallehana and Kerriodoxa elegans 

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    Coccothrinax argentata a most mesmerizing silver sheen to the obverse side of its leaves. Allagoptera arenaria has that same sheen.

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    Meg

    Palms of Victory I shall wear

    Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise)
    Florida
    Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal
    Elevation: 15 feet

    I'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade.

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    Good thread idea!
     

    Kerriodoxa elegans

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    Astrocaryum mexicanum

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    Latania loddigesii 

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    Pelogodoxa mesocarpaIMG_4013.thumb.jpeg.ce30dc161e61eefc8cf81fa73011ea5c.jpeg

    Astrocaryum alatum

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    Coccothrinax miraguama var. havanensis

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    Dypsis Basilonga

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    Cocothrinax Brasilensis 20240704_075327.thumb.jpg.b5e07fb4c1533e185625e829a47938cd.jpg

    Cocothrinax Miraguama 20240704_075237.thumb.jpg.73406a8e859ca3cbc633f76cea88f29f.jpg

    Ceroxylon Echinulatum 20240704_080959.thumb.jpg.a6b12faa27b6721aa3017d71495001f3.jpg

    Serenoa repens20240704_075613.thumb.jpg.c531d0c65aa222c0cbf6a370ca969618.jpg

    Lytocaryum Hoehnei 

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    Archontophoenix Maxima

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    Good thread. 
    Itaya amicorum

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    Coccothrinax boschiana
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    Arenga tremula
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    Coccothrinax crinita subsp. brevicrinis

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    18n. Hot, humid and salty coastal conditions.

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    Another Arenga Engleri!IMG_0351.thumb.jpeg.ace3f6a939a9d6c05f39323bd4f5523b.jpega Guihaya Argygata ( not sure of spelling) IMG_0352.thumb.jpeg.969dcad8cac930b40582dff0846dc9a3.jpegIMG_0354.thumb.jpeg.29bb31262888d95a365648fc96d481b6.jpegthis is most definitely the slowest growing palm in my collection! Painfully slow. Harry

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    Archontophoenix Purpurea hybrid.

     

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    Leucothrinax morrisii. (also beginning to flower at this size)

     

    aztropic 

    Mesa, Arizona 

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    Mesa, Arizona

     

    Temps between 29F and 115F each year

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    Coccothrinax borhidiana 

     

    aztropic 

    Mesa, Arizona 

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    Mesa, Arizona

     

    Temps between 29F and 115F each year

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    Coccothrinax borhidiana hybrid 

     

    aztropic 

    Mesa,Arizona

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    Mesa, Arizona

     

    Temps between 29F and 115F each year

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    Hemithrinax ekmaniana

     

    aztropic 

    Mesa, Arizona 

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    Mesa, Arizona

     

    Temps between 29F and 115F each year

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    Copernicia cowellii

     

    aztropic 

    Mesa, Arizona 

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    Mesa, Arizona

     

    Temps between 29F and 115F each year

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    Archontophoenix alexandrae (with green cunninghamiana behind)

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    Another Chamaerops.IMG_20231231_140441.thumb.jpg.474776cf2c519d044ee35abd0d91e6f0.jpg

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    Parajubaea sunkha

     

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    Ceroxylon quindiuense

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    Brahea

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    Latania 

     

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    Sabal Yapa

     

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    Other latania 

     

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    Bismarkia

     

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    Mauritiella aculeata with its powder white underside. 

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    Bactris major

    Only the newer fronds have this effect, then they kind of lose it.

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    Coccothrinax ‘Azul’ - Almost looks chrome in the afternoon sun

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