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Rare Brahea

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This weekend I discovered that my Brahea dulcis blue form began suckering!  I wasn't expecting it to sucker because I grew it from seed collected from a solitary blue palm!  According to @kinzyjr's cold hardiness spreadsheet these are hardy to warm parts of zone 8b (defoliating but surviving 10°-15°F).

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Jon Sunder

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    It looks great!  A batch of seeds from RPS just sprouted in the garage, so we'll see what comes out of it.

    Lakeland, FL: USDA Zone 2023: 10a  2012: 9b  1990: 9a | Record Low: 20F/-6.67C (Jan. 1985, Dec.1962)

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    It's pretty slow but has nice colors.  By the way, I neglected to mention that dulcis is typically solitary but rarely clusters.  Apparently seeds from a clustering palm may or may not produce another clustering type.

    Jon Sunder

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    This is native in my region but I have never been able to get seeds or plants.

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    1 hour ago, idontknowhatnametuse said:

    This is native in my region but I have never been able to get seeds or plants.

    That's a shame, it's a really nice palm.  Hope you'll find some.  I got just a couple of seeds from a private garden in 2018 and the seeds are quite small compared to other Brahea species.  Thankfully I got one to germinate.  I read that they don't like high humidity but this one doesn't seem to mind.  It even went through the March flood without issue.

    Jon Sunder

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