Weird / Unusual Palms ?

[The Silent Seed]

Since I like the weird, and the unusual, and the rare - I'd like to hear what your most unusual palms are, and what makes them unusual - This can also apply to palms that you do not own, but any that come to mind.

Examples may include stilt roots, caudexes, funky leaves, whatever!

This will help me determine what palms I need to get next (Unless I have one already)

[aussiearoids]

Since I like the weird, and the unusual, and the rare - I'd like to hear what your most unusual palms are, and what makes them unusual - This can also apply to palms that you do not own, but any that come to mind.

Examples may include stilt roots, caudexes, funky leaves, whatever!

This will help me determine what palms I need to get next (Unless I have one already)

Black foliage of Calyptrocalyx kainlas ticks all box's.

[Cindy Adair]

Since I like the weird, and the unusual, and the rare - I'd like to hear what your most unusual palms are, and what makes them unusual - This can also apply to palms that you do not own, but any that come to mind.

Examples may include stilt roots, caudexes, funky leaves, whatever!

This will help me determine what palms I need to get next (Unless I have one already)

Black foliage of Calyptrocalyx kainlas ticks all box's.

Simply stunning palm!

[The Silent Seed]

Wow, what a way to start this thread ! That is stunning!

[Jeff Searle]

Yea....and don't forget to mention the part about how impossible it is to get one.

[XYZ]

Jeff:

Are these hard to obtain in the 'States? I have several that appear to be from very same seed lot as Michael's if obtained from our mutual friend in FNQ. Thought that they were rare but available here.

BTW - unlike "Kainlas", the dwarf-ish Geonoma atrovirensretains this amazing look into maturity and is about as easy to grow.

J

[Jeff Searle]

In all my years of growing and collecting, I have yet to seen one plant for sale, or one in a private collection. Nothing in the botanical gardens also. Would love to see a few seeds offer someday, somewhere.

Jeff

[XYZ]

Jeff:

Thanks. THIS is an interesting piece of data.

J

[daxin]

C. Kainlas seeds were available from RPS not too long ago. I seriously considered trying but thought I need to move to Hawaii first to not just waste these rare seeds, which of course were not cheap and were sold out very quickly. Here is a descriptive page from their archive:

http://www.rarepalmseeds.com/pix/CalKai.shtml

For a beautiful small palm like this, I am sure people will try their best to propagate and it is just a matter of time for this palm to become widely available.