what are the rarest species u have?

[Jeff Searle]

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

Hmmm, a blue rigida? Your starting to sound like some of my Cali friends. Do you have a picture? And it's a staight,pure rigida?

[neoflora]

Jeff, I also have a Blue rigida. Are you saying they don,t exist. My came from wild collected seed. A german friend of mine. A very long time ago. Probadly my rarest palm is a White stem. I know of only 4 others in cultivation.

[Mandrew968]

When I say blue, I mean glaucous. It is going in the ground this spring. This palm is half as fast as the green form. If you have a green one, you know this is not one of them.

[Mandrew968]

And yes, she's the real deal

[Jeff Searle]

Jeff, I also have a Blue rigida. Are you saying they don,t exist. My came from wild collected seed. A german friend of mine. A very long time ago. Probadly my rarest palm is a White stem. I know of only 4 others in cultivation.

Nope, those words never came out of my mouth. I just never heard of one, let alone seen one. I would like to see something like this someday though.

[bobchamnan]

Licuala Mapu

[avanza]

When I say blue, I mean glaucous. It is going in the ground this spring. This palm is half as fast as the green form. If you have a green one, you know this is not one of them.

OMG i love it.

[Mandrew968]

When I say blue, I mean glaucous. It is going in the ground this spring. This palm is half as fast as the green form. If you have a green one, you know this is not one of them.

OMG i love it.

I'm sure Jeff loves it too...

[SurfCityPalms]

Variegated Licuala ramsayi

Variegated Washingtonia robusta

Variegated Syagrus romanzoffiana

Cycas revoluta 'alba'

Plus more variegates, etc. etc..

[Jeff in St Pete]

Johannesteijsmannia perakensis

Calyptrogyne costatifrons

Marojejya insignis

Masoala madagascariensis

[Cindy Adair]

Happily, most of my rarer ones in Puerto Rico can eventually go here rather than the "expensive ones that are now dead" thread. I'll come up with a list and some photos soon.

I'm enjoying hearing about everyone's special palms. I'd love photos too and don't care if they only have one leaf!

[bobchamnan]

As u wish, my 3 leaves Pinanga Veitchii

[hornet]

Since i only have the 1 palm at the moment its easy, Pinanga ridleyana

[dan.vagnoni]

As u wish, my 3 leaves Pinanga Veitchii

Good looking and good luck!! Edited April 11, 2013 by dan.vagnoni

[Cindy Adair]

Lovely! Bigger than many of my palms and I'd never even heard of this one before! Thanks!

[DoomsDave]

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?

Where'd you get the munroi? I'd like another. To preserve the species . . .

[richnorm]

Got a pic of the munroi? Particularly interested in the look of the underside of the leaf.

[Dave-Vero]

Probably Dypsis plumosa, which is growing nicely if not very rapidly, perhaps followed by Livistona rigida, which has a limited distribution in the wild, and which probably isn't grown very much in the US.

[Small palm]

My collection isn't big, but my rare species would be Rhapis Excelsa 'kodaruma' and Lytocaryum Weddellianum

[Cindy Adair]

Of all the ones mentioned so far in this topic, these are what I have still alive as of this month:

Johannesteijsmannia perakensis

Marojejya insignis

Masoala madagascariensis

Johannesteijsmannia magnifica

Johannesteijsmannia perakensis

Licuala sallahana

Licuala mattanensis 'mapu'-oops I mean Licuala mattanensis v. paucisecta

Lanona dasyantha (pictured)

Pelagodoxa henryana

Marojejya Darianii

I'm enjoying my 3 healthy Chamaedorea tuerkheimii trees, but I know they are no longer really rare. Maybe when I know more I'll be a better judge of rarity. Right now if I like it and it likes PR, I'm happy!

[Mark Wuschke]

_{My rarest probably these ones - always looking for unusual rattans.}

_{Myrialepis paradoxa}

_{Calamus longisetus}

_{Daemonorops angustifolia}

_{Ravenea louvelii}

_{Chamaedorea anemophila}

_Mark

[LJG]

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?

Where'd you get the munroi? I'd like another. To preserve the species . . .

Phil had a bunch of them a while back. I am sure he has some still.

[bobchamnan]

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?

Where'd you get the munroi? I'd like another. To preserve the species . . .

Phil had a bunch of them a while back. I am sure he has some still.

[bobchamnan]

That is so...impressive, can u pls suggest how can I contact Phil?

[LJG]

That is so...impressive, can u pls suggest how can I contact Phil?

Junglemusic.net.

[bobchamnan]

Thank you

[Gallop]

Jeff, I also have a Blue rigida. Are you saying they don,t exist. My came from wild collected seed. A german friend of mine. A very long time ago. Probadly my rarest palm is a White stem. I know of only 4 others in cultivation.

Wait a minute..... if White stem is really Dypsis robusta than there are more than four out there right, and not rare at all ?

Edited May 1, 2013 by Gallop

[Mauna Kea Cloudforest]

Yes, I got my prichardia munroi from Phil. They are really nice and worth paying a little extra for. Mine appears to be quite happy here. I figured since Hilldebrandii is growing so well for me I should try my luck with minor, munroi, remota and beccariana. The latter two came from Jeff. Note all the ones I am trying come from higher elevation, except remota, but that one is so small it should be easy to keep in the lower canopy.

[neoflora]

Yea,Guess it is no longer rare. Cut it up today and put it in the trash!

[Geoff]

I am not sure why they are not more commonly grown (only seen one other in southern California) but my trunking Livistona alfredii seems to be rather unusual, at least for this country. ANd for some reason, at least around here, few seem to be growing Chuniophoenix, though they do remarkably well. I also have a Washingtonia without a single rat living in it, which is rather unusual for around here.

[Gallop]

Yea,Guess it is no longer rare. Cut it up today and put it in the trash!

sorry to hear that, bummer to find out your very rare palm is very common

[Mandrew968]

My rigida is still blue and in the ground and loving this rain. I also have a robusta...

[Jeff Searle]

Just another Cali myth.

[KennyRE317]

I have an awesome queen palm, i'll try and get some pictures of it

Edited May 3, 2013 by KennyRE317

[Gallop]

let's look at the bright side at least a mystery was solved

[bobchamnan]

Would you mind sharing picture of your rare and beloved palms to the community?

[cobra2326]

I don't really have anything rare, but I have a Pinanga malaiana and an Iguanura divergens and they're not too common.

[NApalm]

I don't really have anything rare, but I have a Pinanga malaiana and an Iguanura divergens and they're not too common.

I love that pinanga. Its a classic

[bobchamnan]

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]

From your inspiration, i went out searching and got this baby Sommeria leucophylla