Copernicia Hospita

[Zayin]

Here are a couple photos of Copernicia Hospita growing in Habitat and "semi-"cultivation in Cuba. These were two trees growing in a yard on the side of the road. I stopped to get a better look and the farmers invited us in to have a closer look and to partake in the bounty. I think he was surprised that anyone would pay him for these. Although they dont really look it in the photo these were quite a pretty glaucus blue colour, and the palms were in fantastic shape considering that they get pretty much zero maintenance.

[Zayin]

About 20 km further up the road we came upon another small grove of Copernicia hospita's only one was in fruit at the time, but I wouldn't have even seen them if the blue of the trees hadn't been in such sharp contrast with the rest of the foliage.

[Zayin]

Further on we came upon a field/meadow that had some bored looking bulls wandering about and some heavily chewed upon Coperncia's. I dont know what they were, but they weren't in seed and the colour was very different from the hospita's that we had already seen. These poor things looked like they were fairly healthy even though they had been used for Palm Sunday, or thatching or food.. We braved the bulls and snapped a picture or two. I have my buddy in the shot for scale.

[Zayin]

Just before we got to the city that we were going to, we came upon these strange little palms growing on the side of the road with another type of Copernicia, that I am still unsure about. These little palms looked like a cross between Maxburrita furtidoa and Trachycarpus wagnerianus. I assume they are a cocothrinax of some kind, but I have no idea what. They were in seed, and I liked the look of them, so it was a win/win.

[Zayin]

Here's a couple pictures of the copernicias that were growing alongside of these cocothrinax whatevers. There were only a few larger ones with trunk most were just fans growing straight out of the ground. I'm thinking that its a Gigas x Hospita, but thats just an uneducated guess.

[Zayin]

And a larger one..

[BS Man about Palms]

Just before we got to the city that we were going to, we came upon these strange little palms growing on the side of the road with another type of Copernicia, that I am still unsure about. These little palms looked like a cross between Maxburrita furtidoa and Trachycarpus wagnerianus. I assume they are a cocothrinax of some kind, but I have no idea what. They were in seed, and I liked the look of them, so it was a win/win.

Is this like the funky Mystery palm at the Searle nursery?

[Zayin]

Identical.