This species, while fairly common, seems not to receive much attention.  I want to illustrate how well it actually grows, even here in a warmth-deprived microclimate.  I was gifted some seeds from Perry Glenn, (SLO Palms) in 2009. The plants have now produced mature seed in just eight years, seed to seed.  When I first recognized how well they grew I asked Perry for additional seeds.  Sadly, he told me that one gender of his palms had died, and thus he could not produce more seed.  Therefore the