unusual and unknown Copernicia at Fairchild

[Eric in Orlando]

There is a grouping of these palms at Fairchild way out at the north end of the Garden where other Copernicia are planted. They are tagged Copernicia sp. They are very unusual, sort of similar to C. rigida.

[SubTropicRay]

That one is about 99% C. rigida if they are indeed hybrids.

[Mandrew968]

I am with Ray on that--they say 'sp.' (but again, I am waiting on the revision of Copernicia...) in my opinion, rigida can be quite variable especially from an early age, until adulthood. I have the original revision on Copernicia and it only serves to confuse me more as there are things that I know are wrong and other things I don't know to trust...

[Josh-O]

I love how this grows straight up out of the ground. very cool looking

[PalmatierMeg]

Wow! I've been looking for one since I saw them in Cuba.

[Josh-O]

how old do you think this is Eric?

[Pedro 65]

No , mines not a blade of grass this tiny Rigida been inground for "years n years" and did very little till I starting giving it lime/dolomite , so glad to see it "finally" moving.

Pete

[aztropic]

I have a C.rigida that also grows very slowly. Just 10 feet away is a C.macroglossa (looking like rigida because the leaves are tied up) which has been a rocket ship for me. Go figure!

aztropic

Mesa,Arizona

[aztropic]

Here is a habitat pic of C.rigida that I took in Cuba for reference.

aztropic

Mesa,Arizona

[Eric in Orlando]

how old do you think this is Eric?

I'm not sure how old they are.

[Eric in Orlando]

Here is a habitat pic of C.rigida that I took in Cuba for reference.

aztropic

Mesa,Arizona

those are soo cool in habitat !

[kylecawazafla]

Someone told me that this Copernicia is called Copernicia vespertilionum

https://www.flickr.com/photos/36838058@N03/14350085765/in/photolist-nS4WxP-nzzcuk-akyiZd-adhQot-aAiR4e-nzzi4L-nzAizc-8WejUQ-aAiG9r-nRLMvv-nRVLGQ-7x5U4W-9sndqu-9siXWX-92aMdP-adhNHH-adjSmu-8iEvcr-aAiLoH-nAyCXW-aAiSjF-aAiP7V-aHcJaM-aHcHDR-8WboKD-aHdpmr-aAiGFH-aAmy7C-bGBePp-bpoREo-92aLD2-8iEvQk-8We6pm-nTRh56-8iHJR7-8WbjKv-7nTiVb-nS4W6B-8WdSyS-nRZFzE-btGrkL-bGBeRx-aAmuyQ-nzAkPn-eb52pv-nSZe3u-6CVPEJ-7nU5ME-94UVsy-8DsDTZ

[SubTropicRay]

Kyle, that one also has more C. rigida in it than anything else.

[Ken Johnson]

I have seen a lot of such Copernicia in South Florida as most of the seed came from FTBG! That place must be the sexiest Copernicia patch North of Cuba. FTBG is like Club Med for those guys. Every year they make more and more hybrid generations that are now themselves producing hybrid seed in (my ) gardens.

Welcome to the absolutely bizarre world of Copernicia hybrids! If you run out of places to look here just fly to Cuba and you can see millions more of these hybrids as humans have done the damage and the damage is real cute in some places.

[Ken Johnson]

Someone told me that this Copernicia is called Copernicia vespertilionum

https://www.flickr.com/photos/36838058@N03/14350085765/in/photolist-nS4WxP-nzzcuk-akyiZd-adhQot-aAiR4e-nzzi4L-nzAizc-8WejUQ-aAiG9r-nRLMvv-nRVLGQ-7x5U4W-9sndqu-9siXWX-92aMdP-adhNHH-adjSmu-8iEvcr-aAiLoH-nAyCXW-aAiSjF-aAiP7V-aHcJaM-aHcHDR-8WboKD-aHdpmr-aAiGFH-aAmy7C-bGBePp-bpoREo-92aLD2-8iEvQk-8We6pm-nTRh56-8iHJR7-8WbjKv-7nTiVb-nS4W6B-8WdSyS-nRZFzE-btGrkL-bGBeRx-aAmuyQ-nzAkPn-eb52pv-nSZe3u-6CVPEJ-7nU5ME-94UVsy-8DsDTZ

That is a monster!

[dmc]

That thing is a beast ☺

[Eric in Orlando]

Here are some nearby Copernicia rigida, that is a C. gigas to the right of the first C. rigida

[Eric in Orlando]

And a Copernicia × vespertilionum (gigas x rigida) , there is a grouping of these next to the Copernicia sp.

[Eric in Orlando]

Copernicia gigas

[Eric in Orlando]

Copernicia gigas (with C. rigida)

[Tomw]

Definitely a Copernicia rigida here is a couple of pictures in habitat.