Variegated Palms

[Rob Pittman]

I ran in to this palm the other day and wanted to share it.  I have never seen one in person before.  A variegated Queen Palm.

The owner of the palm said it has been this way since it was 6' tall.  The variegated leaves always brown out first.  That was not the best feature of the palm for sure.  I still found the palm attractive though.

Here is a palm I found in a ditch.  I traded the owner of the property a 10' OA Queen Palm for it.  He called me a week later and told me about a second one that I could just have.  It is now in a pot!  That makes 5 variegated Sabals at my place.  I think I am set for now.

I trimmed off all but one of the fronds to reduce transplant shock.

Rob

[Kris]

Dear Pittman,

In the 1st & 2nd photos iam unable to identify the verigate in queen palm,it appears like that the old leaves are drying up.

But the 3rd photo is clear to me and it is very impressive.

are these palms occuring naturally or has it undergone mutation  of some kind or the agriculturist scientist are doing some gene modification to create newer varieties ?

One family one tree..

Love,

Kris (from S.India)

[bgl]

Yes, I have to agree with Kris! That Syagrus looks kind of strange, but the Sabal is definitely unique (and even attractive)!

I don't have too many variegated palms, but this is probably the most outstanding one, a Caryota mitis. I'm looking straight down onto the palm (even though the palm is now getting too tall for me to do that - time for another photo I guess....).

[Dypsisdean]

Hey Bo,

Have you tried taking any keikis off that C. mitis? (hint, hint)  

That's a very nice variagation.

[bgl]

Dean,

no, I havn't and I'm not even sure it has any! But I'll definitely check in the morning!

Bo

[Kris]

hi bgl the picture in post no 3 is what we call a true verigated sp

i think that this palm is some species of fishtail variety ?

Iam not good with their botanical/generic names.

lovely photos !

i request other members to also contribute in our quest for verigated varieties in palm trees.

one family one tree..

[bgl]

Kris,

Yes, the common name for the genus Caryota is "Fishtail palm".

Bo

[Robert Lee Riffle]

I'm with Kris: the queen is not that attractive; the sabal is more attractive; but the Caryota is quite nice;  the stripes are beautiful.

The variegation is not that rare in the genus Sabal.  Mike in Houston I know has photos (digital) of a few variegated S. minor in Brazoria County TX.  This is the county from  which the (in)famous putative hybrid sabal (x Sabal  texensis) receives its common name.

[Rob Pittman]

Kris

The Sabal Palmetto was probably a mutation at one point.  They can be found from time to time.  I have seen a half dozen variegated sabals out of hundreds of thousands.  I have been told that only 3-6% come true from seed.

The degree of variegation is not constant.  The one in the photo is more than the ones I already have.

I have never seen it with a full head of fronds as the owner had recently cleared out the ditch and cut all but two of the opened fronds.  The two were great looking though.

I like it for the same reason I like new red leaves...it is a change from green.

I took the 10,000 seeds off my variegated Sabal and may have plants to sell in 5 years.

Rob

[Rob Pittman]

The queen would be better looking if the variegated areas didn't die out so rapidly.  The variegation on the older fronds is already brown and if you look closely, the variegation on the new frond is starting already to brown out.  Too bad.

[Daryl]

Here's a very gated Carpy I saw a cupla years ago...

Daryl

[Daryl]

And the leafbases were variegated too...

[Daryl]

And the petioles..this little fella had it bad!

[Rob Pittman]

Thanks for the great photos Daryl!

[Kom Thai Palm]

How about Variegated Licuala

This is Licuala elegans, belong to Mr.Banjong, Thailand.

I extremely love variegated palm, as you see my avatar, my most favorite palm, Variegated Joey  :laugh:

[Walter John]

Time for a rerun of my foxy lady leaflets.

[Gileno Machado]

Very nice incredible palms, from the whole variegation fan club...Rob's Sabal is really neat...

Does this happen to most genera? I've never seen a variegated coconut, or a Pritchardia, but look at this Dypsis lutescens (I think it's a lutescens...) This one was the only surviving small clump after several attemps to transplant, from the only variegated plants of the species I've ever seen around here, among millions.

Those variegated palms are probably more difficult to adapt and cultivate, and also much slower than the regular ones:

[amazon exotics]

Hello, I would say the Queen is verigated. The palm looks healthy though, It's pushing nice new clean growth. My Foxy tends to do the same on the verigated sections and I have noticed alot of verigated palms do this. Too much sun maybe. The sable is sweeeet. I dislike sables but verigated is awsome. Thanks for the photos Rob.

[amazon exotics]

Gileno, I know a guy with a Coco that gets white nuts. Have you ever heard of this?

[SubTropicRay]

Cool stuff!  keep em coming!

[Gileno Machado]

(amazon exotics @ Jul. 24 2006,09:52)

QUOTE

Gileno, I know a guy with a Coco that gets white nuts. Have you ever heard of this?

Really?  

I do too...but it's only inside the fruit  

Seriously, I'd love to see the pictures, Derek.

[amazon exotics]

I haven't seen the tree in a couple of years so its questionable if its still alive. We have had 2 direct hits in 2 years by hurricanes but the next time I'm on that side of town I'll try to get a photo. The nuts are white. He said the odds are probally in the millions of it happening. I never asked if he ever tried to germinate them before. I'll let you know.

[chong]

This is my Dictyosperma album.

[chong]

It leaves detail

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