whats your favorite Brahea???

[Stevetoad]

Whats your favorite Brahea? or top favorites... Ive always had a thing for B.edulis, decumbens, and brandegeei....and most all of them. just wondering what everyone else thinks

[QUINNPALMS]

I really like edulis!

[yachtingone]

All of them look great in So. California. Brahea decumbens is my favorite one or is it Brahea armata or is it...

Randy

[Perito]

Brahea pimo is supposed to be pretty nice, but mine are too small to tell yet. I also have a couple B.moorei, also seedlings.

[gyuseppe]

the my Brahea favorite?

Brahea moorei,Brahea dulcis,Brahea nitida,

Brahea brandegeii, Brahea armata, Brahea ........................

all species of Brahea !

brahea moorei

brahea dulcis

[JasonD]

Brahea calcarea (syn. nitida), B. moorei, and B. edulis are my favorites. Calcarea/nitida because it's got a shiny/glaucous contrast on the top/bottom leaf surfaces, it's versatile in shade or sun, regular irrigation and less irrigation, and it's unarmed and not too big.

I like moorei because it's got similar foliage assets as calcarea, but with spectacular upright blooms and a cool ground-dwelling habit.

B. edulis is cool because it's one of the few palms that will live without any care at all in my part of the world, it's good-looking and versatile, and the story of its home, Guadalupe Island's, restoration (http://www.islandconservation.org/where/?id=26) is so inspiring. Oh, and B. edulis counts in my book as a botanical California native, even if not a political one.

[MattyB]

I love armata, dulcis, nitida, and decumbens. I have a "super silver" that I'm sure i'll fall in love with once it gets some size on it.

[edbrown_III]

I like them all only Brahea aculeata and Brahea clara have survived long term

[Kim]

A mature, stout, and flowering blue armata is hard to beat.

[freakypalmguy]

I've got to agree with Kim, definitely my favorite palm while flowering, what a show they put on.

[Sutter Bob]

Agree about armata in bloom. Clara a close second.

[Peter]

Has anyone's super silver turned silver yet?

[Sutter Bob]

Mine is a very green seedling.

Has anyone's super silver turned silver yet?

[virtualpalm]

Mine is definitely B. decumbens: http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=29802

Jody

[Patrick]

Nitida certainly lends a nice tropical look...

[Bags]

I don't have any in my yard but I would really like to add a Brahea moorei. Have yet to see one for sale though.

[iamjv]

I'd have to say Clara.... followed by Decumbens.

[MattyB]

Has anyone's super silver turned silver yet?

Mine just started to show its first tiny hint of powder.

[paulgila]

has anyone mentioned s.uresana?

oh,i just did.

[Peter]

No sign of silver on mine yet:

[MattyB]

has anyone mentioned s.uresana?

oh,i just did.

Sabal uresana is your favorite Brahea. That's a statement, not a question.

[paulgila]

has anyone mentioned s.uresana?

oh,i just did.

Sabal uresana is your favorite Brahea. That's a statement, not a question.

good point. sorry,not awake yet.

[paulgila]

2nd answer:

it was a pun!

[paulgila]

3rd excuse:

i meant l.rotundifolia/brachychiton acerfolius!

[MattyB]

3rd excuse:

i meant l.rotundifolia/brachychiton acerfolius!

You've just combined the default answers for both palms and dicots into one. Brilliant. New rule: When in doubt it's L. rotundifolie and (not or) Brachychiton acerfolius.

[ghar41]

Brahea mooreii, nitida, armada, decumbens, elegans...not necessarily in that order!

[iwan]

Moorei, clara, and decumbens.

[rprimbs]

I want a Brahea pimo! Of course a Sabal uresana is a pretty nice Brahea, and so is Bismarkia nobilis!

Edited January 17, 2012 by rprimbs

[Gtlevine]

None of them come close to Moorei for me.

[palmazon]

Bags - Leon had a terrific little B. moorei for sale at Xotx Tropico Fairfax/Santa Monica Bl; saw it last Fri.

[virtualpalm]

3rd excuse:

i meant l.rotundifolia/brachychiton acerfolius!

You've just combined the default answers for both palms and dicots into one. Brilliant. New rule: When in doubt it's L. rotundifolie and (not or) Brachychiton acerfolius.

Actually, Matty, it is now Saribus rotundifolia.

Jody

[Mauna Kea Cloudforest]

I like them all. But a nice ice blue brahea clara is hard to beat. I like the aqua blue of elegans.

[Kostas]

Mine is Brahea armata and it's the only one I am growing and will be planting in my garden. They are spectacular when flowering and their color is a very attractive shade to my eyes even when small.

[Mauna Kea Cloudforest]

Mine is Brahea armata and it's the only one I am growing and will be planting in my garden. They are spectacular when flowering and their color is a very attractive shade to my eyes even when small.

Oh, you're missing out on all the other wonderful brahea, all of which would thrive in your garden.

[Phoenikakias]

Mine is Brahea armata and it's the only one I am growing and will be planting in my garden. They are spectacular when flowering and their color is a very attractive shade to my eyes even when small.

Oh, you're missing out on all the other wonderful brahea, all of which would thrive in your garden.

No, they won't, and I am pretty confident about this! It would be a deja vu for me, since I have already observed Brahea growing in another garden within same climatic zone as Kosta's garden. They did survive, but thrive? Absolutely not, they looked pathetic to my eyes when compared to same sps growing in my much drier garden. Braheas like it hot and dry (in the air), and in this aspect Kosta's climatic zone stays a lot behind.

[Mauna Kea Cloudforest]

Mine is Brahea armata and it's the only one I am growing and will be planting in my garden. They are spectacular when flowering and their color is a very attractive shade to my eyes even when small.

Oh, you're missing out on all the other wonderful brahea, all of which would thrive in your garden.

No, they won't, and I am pretty confident about this! It would be a deja vu for me, since I have already observed Brahea growing in another garden within same climatic zone as Kosta's garden. They did survive, but thrive? Absolutely not, they looked pathetic to my eyes when compared to same sps growing in my much drier garden. Braheas like it hot and dry (in the air), and in this aspect Kosta's climatic zone stays a lot behind.

That can't be! We get some 60 inches of rain spread over 4 months of the year (Dec-March) and my brahea all thrive here. And we're relatively cool in the Summer, it stays around 80F on average. It must be a soils issue, not a Winter rain issue. I have very fast draining, sandy soil. Athens is much hotter than my climate. I have an entire collection of brahea, all of which look fabulous. I've seen brahea armata do well even in the foggier parts of our district.

[gyuseppe]

even in my climate, and in my land, Brahea very good

[Kostas]

I have been growing my Brahea armata's from seed to their current 20-25cm fan leaf size(from Corona,CA collected seeds,thanks yachtingone!!!) in Melissia,which is cold and wet in winter,and they have done fine all those years. I have only lost 1 out of the 3 seeds I sowed and seedlings I got and that was to summer rot,probably from heat damage as the growing point suddenly got mushy. I think they are gonna love Pyrgos as the place I have in mind for them gets most of the day full sun and heats up really bad in summer while the underground water table should fully provide for their water needs. Pyrgos gets 1m of rain spread over 9 months of the year.

Soil is rich and well draining in Pyrgos,one of the best types in my opinion with little amending needed according to specific plant needs.

Axel,I generally grow only 1 species per genus unless two species I like flower in different time periods and have no hybridization problems. I do like a few other slim trunk,circular/drooping leaf Brahea but high hybridization chances with B. armata(unless you know of some flowering in different seasons),my small,pretty much full garden and my preference for more tropical palms,don't let me think much about them.

[Phoenikakias]

Mine is Brahea armata and it's the only one I am growing and will be planting in my garden. They are spectacular when flowering and their color is a very attractive shade to my eyes even when small.

Oh, you're missing out on all the other wonderful brahea, all of which would thrive in your garden.

No, they won't, and I am pretty confident about this! It would be a deja vu for me, since I have already observed Brahea growing in another garden within same climatic zone as Kosta's garden. They did survive, but thrive? Absolutely not, they looked pathetic to my eyes when compared to same sps growing in my much drier garden. Braheas like it hot and dry (in the air), and in this aspect Kosta's climatic zone stays a lot behind.

That can't be! We get some 60 inches of rain spread over 4 months of the year (Dec-March) and my brahea all thrive here. And we're relatively cool in the Summer, it stays around 80F on average. It must be a soils issue, not a Winter rain issue. I have very fast draining, sandy soil. Athens is much hotter than my climate. I have an entire collection of brahea, all of which look fabulous. I've seen brahea armata do well even in the foggier parts of our district.

Aha, I think I have found the reason for your surprise. Kosta's garden is not in Athens, which belongs geographically, hydrologically and climatologically to eastern Greece, but in Pyrgos, which in turn belongs to western Greece, an entirely different climatic zone. I dare make also a negative prediction about the fate of Brahea armata especially, given the high water table and the canopy in his garden.

[SueH_AZ]

We've just started adding braheas to our collection. We have nitida and decumbens so far, but we definitely want a clara some day. I love the droopy blue leaves.