Copernicia fallaensis; Nassau,Bahamas

[aztropic]

Just returned from a week in the Bahamas!

There is a place called "The Retreat" gardens in Nassau that is about as palmy as it gets in the Bahamas.They claim to have about 150 different species  maybe? Anyways,they are all planted in these naturally occurring limestone sinkholes,which are all over the property, under rather shady conditions of natural forest.There are a few dozen rare palms there but the speed of growth has generally been hampered by too much shade.Still an interesting place to visit though.

I did find this Copernicia fallaensis,though.At 65 years old,you would think it might be a little bigger.It doesn't appear to have produced any seed yet,probably due to the shade.

 

aztropic

Mesa,Arizona

[Palmaceae]

Very nice, I went there in the early 80's and was able to meet the owner at that time, Margeret Langlois. A very memorable trip.

 

[Josh-O]

8 hours ago, aztropic said:

Just returned from a week in the Bahamas!

There is a place called "The Retreat" gardens in Nassau that is about as palmy as it gets in the Bahamas.They claim to have about 150 different species  maybe? Anyways,they are all planted in these naturally occurring limestone sinkholes,which are all over the property, under rather shady conditions of natural forest.There are a few dozen rare palms there but the speed of growth has generally been hampered by too much shade.Still an interesting place to visit though.

I did find this Copernicia fallaensis,though.At 65 years old,you would think it might be a little bigger.It doesn't appear to have produced any seed yet,probably due to the shade.

 

aztropic

Mesa,Arizona

Scott, are you growing this species in your garden?

[aztropic]

Unfortunately, it's a big palm and I have no more room.For Copernicia, I already have examples of alba, baileyana, berteroana, cowelli, gigas, glabrescens, hospita, macroglossa, and rigida in the ground.It's a great species that does well under my desert conditions.The only Copernicia that I haven't been able to keep alive is ekmanii, which doesn't like cold at all.

 

aztropic

Mesa, Arizona

 

[Pal Meir]

 

17 hours ago, Palmaceae said:

Very nice, I went there in the early 80's and was able to meet the owner at that time, Margeret Langlois. A very memorable trip.

 

My 2nd "real" palm book (monography on palms) was Supplement to Palms of the World by Arthur C. Langlois (1976).

[Scott Cohen]

10 hours ago, Josh-O said:

Scott, are you growing this species in your garden?

This Scott does !

[Josh-O]

2 hours ago, Scott Cohen said:

This Scott does !

any pictures?? I love this palm. I have a small 15 gal i put in the ground a couple months ago.

[Scott Cohen]

what's your number? I have trouble posting but can text easily

 

[Josh-O]

16 hours ago, aztropic said:

Unfortunately, it's a big palm and I have no more room.For Copernicia, I already have examples of alba, baileyana, berteroana, cowelli, gigas, glabrescens, hospita, macroglossa, and rigida in the ground.It's a great species that does well under my desert conditions.The only Copernicia that I haven't been able to keep alive is ekmanii, which doesn't like cold at all.

 

aztropic

Mesa, Arizona

 

my  ekmanii got whacked at 35F last year. It is still growing out of it and it's already winter time again. 

[Josh-O]

9 hours ago, Scott Cohen said:

what's your number? I have trouble posting but can text easily

 

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[Mandrew968]

Sorry to burst any bubbles, but that palm is a baileyana. No fallaensis picture has currently been posted in this thread...

[Josh-O]

[trioderob]

14 hours ago, Mandrew968 said:

Sorry to burst any bubbles, but that palm is a baileyana. No fallaensis picture has currently been posted in this thread...

thats brutal