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Unknown Brahea Population near USA border!

flypower191

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There is a an undocumented population of Braheas located just 40 miles south of Douglas, Arizona near the town of Esqueda, Sonora. These palms seem to be a variation of the Brahea Calcarea but with a taller trunk and fuller crown. I would also like to mention that these specimens of Brahea are very likely to be more hardy than Brahea Armata considering they are growing in elevations of 4000 or more where winters are extremely more cold than that of the Brahea Armata range. They palms are located in a ranch named Rancho Los Baños - Tierra Chamahua EcoAdventures which appears to have recently closed and has virtually no public access. There are dozens of pictures of the palms in the TripAdvisor page of the ranch online. I thought yall would enjoy knowing of these groves as they might have the potential of being the MOST hardy Brahea of all the genus. Getting seeds from these plants would be amazing but the location is very remote and a known area of high cartel activity.  

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Darold Petty Grand Master

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flypower191,  Welcome to Palmtalk  !   :)

Great pictures and info, thanks for posting.

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Yes, a remarkable first post to PalmTalk!

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Andrei W. Konradi, Burlingame, California.  Vicarious appreciator of palms in other people's gardens and in habitat

Phoenikakias Grand Master

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Thanks for the information. Just one clarification, is Brahea calcarea identical with Brahea nitida?

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Fusca Grand Master

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5 hours ago, Phoenikakias said:

Thanks for the information. Just one clarification, is Brahea calcarea identical with Brahea nitida?

Yes, I believe it was renamed to calcarea sometime in the past decade.

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Jon Sunder

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Oh wow thanks for sharing!

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Zone 8a/8b Greenville, NC 

Zone 9a/9b Bluffton, SC

JohnAndSancho Grand Master

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Ok the plants are awesome and all but - Rancho los Baños? I'm absolutely a gringo but they couldn't have picked a better name? I mean 😂 

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flypower191 Apprentice

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@JohnAndSancho I think the owners are actually American gringos 😭. Also, thank you all for the responses. Do any of yall volunteer as tribute to smuggle seeds back to the US? I am very tempted 

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Hu Palmeras Grand Master

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I'm not a gringo, but my DNA genetics are Celtic (the Europeans who dominate the West), but I prefer to call myself a Hispanic king.😅😅🐓

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