what are the rarest species u have?

[bobchamnan]

Mine would be Licuala Dasyantha, L. MAPU, Pelagodoxa Henryana, Marojejya Darianii, etc.

[bobchamnan]

P. Henryana

[dan.vagnoni]

Probably a toss up between my semi undivided Calyptrocalyx sp. Kainlas and Sommieria leucophylla which wins for the slowest palm too. Just starting to develop the coppery underside. If my variegated borhidiana was still around I'd throw that on the list too.

[bobchamnan]

I want some!!!

[PalmatierMeg]

Hemithrinax ekmaniana, Sabal palmetto Lisa, Sabal minor Blountstown Dwarf, Areca catechu Dwarf. Ravenea xerophila

[dan.vagnoni]

Lets see that dasyantha. Definitely one of my favorites, but for some reason mine always get some sort of fungal tip wilt. Or at least thats what it looks like

[waykoolplantz]

Most would say my double coconut....but i have never seen another Pholidocarpus Majadum and it is soo cool

For another topic...whats the rarest species you've killed

[PalmatierMeg]

For me, Licuala mapu x2. Took me 18 months to off them. Thought I was helping. Won't try that one again.

[dan.vagnoni]

A nice moratia cerifera, geonoma epetiolata, silver joey. Im kinda tearing up remember all this

[BS Man about Palms]

Most would say my double coconut....but i have never seen another Pholidocarpus Majadum and it is soo cool

For another topic...whats the rarest species you've killed

I might start crying... or commit harikari (sp) I've had stuff I've yet to see in pics or hear a name of.. BUT I'm sure they were logged into some databank somewhere.

[Moose]

Most would say my double coconut....but i have never seen another Pholidocarpus Majadum and it is soo cool

For another topic...whats the rarest species you've killed

I might start crying... or commit harikari (sp) I've had stuff I've yet to see in pics or hear a name of.. BUT I'm sure they were logged into some databank somewhere.

Like Dypsis weedyensis

[tjwalters]

Thanks to an extremely generous board member (who may or may not want to be named), I am the happy owner of a Linospadix apetiolata, the rarest palm in my collection. I also have:

• Chamaedorea adscendens
• Chamaedorea tenella
• Licuala mattanensis 'Mapu'
• Trachycarpus takil

None are extremely rare, but they are among the rarest I have in my mostly potted collection.

[Walter John]

How many of you have a Livistona humilis ? That's probably my rarest.

[Pedro 65]

Campecarpus fulcitus

Cyphokentia macrostachya

Cyphokentia cerifera

Clinosperma bracteale

heres a little bit of Chypho macro, background seed is Cyphophoenix elegans Pete

[DoomsDave]

Pritchardtia munroi, supposedly only ONE left in habitat, on Moloka'i.

Dypsis mad-fox.

[Kim]

Probably my Voanioala gerardii.

[Jeff Searle]

Licuala beccariana

Licuala platydactyla

Licuala sallahana

Licuala sp. Romber

Can you tell I'm Licuala "groupie" ?

[ErikSJI]

Butia X Cocos. Cue the music.

[Bill Austin]

voanioala

licuala triphylla entire leaf

satranala

licuala timka

dypsis hovotvandriana

ravenea albicans

What I would call a mix plate.

[bobchamnan]

Dear waykoolplantz, forgive my ignorance is double coconut you just mentioned the same as the legendary "Lodoicea maldivica".

[bobchamnan]

Dear dan.vagnoni, I will post the L. Dasyantha for you shortly. It's monday morning here in Thailand so maybe after I get back from work (provided that the light is still good then).

[bobchamnan]

Love to see picture of your rare and highly-sought-after "Voanioala gerardii" aka "Forest Coconut".

[bobchamnan]

L. Dasyantha

[Cindy Adair]

I'll check next week in Puerto Rico so I can see if my rarer ones belong in the dearly departed or still alive section!

[bobchamnan]

Sorry forget to attach file, here again a juvenile L. Dasyantha from Northern Vietnam.

[Alberto]

Butia microspadix

Lytocaryum insigne

Juania australis

My rarest hybrid.......only one seed germinated Butia eriospatha X Syagrus rupicola (only 1 in the whole world)

[bobchamnan]

How did you cross them?

[Mauna Kea Cloudforest]

Pritchardtia munroi, supposedly only ONE left in habitat, on Moloka'i.

Dypsis mad-fox.

I just got these two. Do I need barbed wire around them?

[bobchamnan]

And electric fence as well :-)

[Gileno Machado]

Sclerosperma mannii, Syagrus lilliputiana, Sabal sp Lisa are a few that we don't hear often...but I think the rarest species in the collection is probably Bactris pickeli, nearly extinct in habitat now, unfortunetly.

[sarasota alex]

Desmoncus stans. As rare as the genus is, I have searched but found no record that this particular species exist in cultivation anywhere.

[edbrown_III]

Possibley Lytocareum x Syagrus Jubeaopsis caffra and the L. dasylantha --- I tried some Chamodorea sullivanors but they didnt last spring. Appaandsa your avatar looks pretty rare I think yoiu said it was a hybrid? Erik keep us posted on your hybrid as it gets bigger. Best regards, Ed

[Alberto]

How did you cross them?

That´s a not a difficult task but work intensive. Collecting pollen, drying, sifting, refrigerating Emasculating, washing, spraying ,with alcohol solution, Bagging, waiting, pollinating, bagging,having lot of luck, fruit forming... waiting, cleaning seeds, germinating..................

[Richard Booth]

Mine is my jubaea x syagrus - not particularly rare in comparison to others mentioned but i am very fond of it

[Cindy Adair]

Possibley Lytocareum x Syagrus Jubeaopsis caffra and the L. dasylantha --- I tried some Chamodorea sullivanors but they didnt last spring. Appaandsa your avatar looks pretty rare I think yoiu said it was a hybrid? Erik keep us posted on your hybrid as it gets bigger. Best regards, Ed

My avatar is a Metroxylon salomonense which was planted by the previous owner of our farm. I love the tree, but think M. amicarum would be even better. I hate to think that perhaps in my lifetime mine will flower, hopefully make lots of seed to share, but then die... At least it's far away from the house so won't have to be cut down prematurely.

[JakeK]

I did have a mad fox for about 2 years until I went on vacation and the temporary caretaker of my palms over-watered it and it rotted. Since that event, I decided no more rare palms until I live in a more hospitable climate. Right now the rarest I have is Chamaedorea adscendens. Not very rare overall, but for a seasonally indoor potted palm in Ohio, it's a rarity.

[Mandrew968]

Desmoncus chinantlensis, Licuala ridleyana and my new BLUE rigida are a few rare ones.

[Mantis sp.]

Gaussia attenuata, Pritchardia thurstonii, Ptychosperma lauderbachiana, cocothrinax alta, Leucothrinax morrisii, aiphanes horrida, aiphanes mínima, Roystonea sp. purple flowers, chamaedorea cataractarum , and some variegated hybrids

[Hammer]

Typically, any species that gets added to my garden becomes more rare after a couple months.

[doranakandawatta]

Areca novo-hibernica!

Seed from Singapore floor...