Your top 5 FAN palms??

[Pete in Paradise Hills]

My top 5 fan palms

1) Copernicia Hospita

2) Copernicia Baileyana

3) Copernicia Fallaensis

4) Corphya Utan

5) Bismarckia Nobilis

I can only grow Bismarckia and Baileyana on that list, so of those I can grow, I'll say:

1) Copernicia Baileyana

2) Bismarckia Nobilis

3)Pritchardia Glabrata

4) Brahea Clara var Icy Blue

5) Brahea Armata

[doranakandawatta]

Sabal mauritiiformis

Bismarckia nobilis

Livistona saribus

…...

That's all Top 3!

[Zeeth]

Pritchardia pacifica

Thrinax radiata

Borassus flabellifer

Sabal mauritiiformis

Copernicia fallaensis

[Kostas]

(Lodoicea maldivica)

Borassus aethiopum

Copernicia fallaensis

Bismarckia nobilis

Cryosophila warscewiczii

Licuala ramsayi

Kerriodoxa elegans

It doesn't feel complete without mentioning those too though:

Coccotrinax alexandrii

Pritchardia schattaueri

[Phoenikakias]

I agree with Pete in Paradise Hills regarding the three Copernicia plus Saribus rotundifolia and Thrinax radiata

[Alicehunter2000]

Of stuff I can grow....

L. saribus

L. decora

L. chinensis

B. noblis

B. "clara"

Costaplmate would include S. "Lisa" and S. causiarum

[Pando]

1. Lodoicea maldivica

2. Sabinaria magnifica

3. Pritchardia viscosa

4. Copernicia fallaensis

5. Licuala peltata var. sumawongii

Honorable mention:

Kerriodoxa elegans

Only able to grow the last two here.

Edited February 2, 2015 by Pando

[NorthFlpalmguy]

Bismarckia nobilis

Brahea armata super silver

Chamaerops cerifera

Trachycarpus princeps

Acoelorrhaphe wrightii

Honorable mention to Sabal mauritiiformis

[Mandrew968]

Copernicia fallaensis, Copernicia rigida, Copernicia gigas--for the other two, just double any of them.

[Small palm]

I'm definitely a fan of fan palms.

For my top 5 I'd go with

1) Bismarckia Nobilis

2) Copernicia Hospita

3) Licuala Peltata var. Peltata

4) Corypha Umbraculifera

5) Saribus Rotundifolius

There are many more I like, but I'll throw in Rhapis Multifida as a bonus.

[Alicehunter2000]

Bismarckia nobilis

Brahea armata super silver

Chamaerops cerifera

Trachycarpus princeps

Acoelorrhaphe wrightii

Honorable mention to Sabal mauritiiformis

Have you had luck with S. mauritiformis in Perry?

[Mantis sp.]

1.Hemithrinax ekmaniana

2.Cocothrinax alta

3.Sabinaria magnifica

4.Colpothrinax wrightii

5.Borassdendron borneense

5a.Hyphaene thebaica

5b. Leucothinax morrisii

[DoomsDave]

Fan of fans

These I'm growing:

Bizzie

COcothrinax dussiana

Rhapis Alicia

Pritchardtia hillebrandtii

P. lanaiensis

That was the top 5 seven years ago.

Here's the new list today:

Brahea X brandeegii/armata (two monsters)

Brahea "Super Silver" (lives up to its name!)

Cocothrinax sp with silver reverses on the leaves

Licuala ramsayi

Cocothrinax dussiana

Runners-up:

Rhaphis "Alicia"

Rhapis multifida

Trachycarpus martianus

T. fortunei (a really gorgeous specimen)

Livistona australis

[NorthFlpalmguy]

David- I have some small S. mauritiformis that I plan on covering until they get too big. Ask me in 3 to 4 years.

[DoomsDave]

David- I have some small S. mauritiformis that I plan on covering until they get too big. Ask me in 3 to 4 years.

I have some babies, too.

They are magnificent when they (finally) do grow.

This is definitely for those who want to delay (and delay AND DELAY) gratification.

[palmsOrl]

Pritchardia pacifica

Lodoicea maldivica

Licuala cordata

Copernicia fallaensis

Manicaria saccifera

...not necessarily in that order.

[Mandrew968]

Pritchardia pacifica

Lodoicea maldivica

Licuala cordata

Copernicia fallaensis

Manicaria saccifera

...not necessarily in that order.

You're throwing a pinnate one in there?

[Pando]

Pritchardia pacifica

Lodoicea maldivica

Licuala cordata

Copernicia fallaensis

Manicaria saccifera

...not necessarily in that order.

You're throwing a pinnate one in there?

Probably because he's a fan of that palm?

[Mandrew968]

Pritchardia pacifica

Lodoicea maldivica

Licuala cordata

Copernicia fallaensis

Manicaria saccifera

...not necessarily in that order.

You're throwing a pinnate one in there?

Probably because he's a fan of that palm?

He's a 'fan' of that palm? I am sure he is, but it's not a 'fan' palm...

[Pando]

I should have included this in my post:

Edited February 3, 2015 by Pando

[Kim]

Fan palms I am growing:

Rhapis multifida

Brahea armata

Brahea nitida

Coccothrinax argentea

Coccothrinax fragrans

Ah, due for an update! I'm not growing any of those anymore, though I still like them.

Fan palms I am growing now and love:

Tahina spectabilis

Kerriodoxa elegans

Licuala peltata var. 'sumawongii'

Licuala ramsayi

Licuala elegans

Stopping at five based on the question... I have a tiny strap-leaf Corypha, but I wonder if I'll ever see a full-size fan on it!

[_Keith]

Livistona decora/decipiens

Livistona saribus

Livistona australis

Sabal anything
Rhapis exselsa

Chamaedorea microspadix

Chamaedorea radicalis

Washingtonia 'filibusta'

Oh, wait. Was I supposed to stop at 5. My bad.

[colin Peters]

My top five I am growing.

Pritchardia martii, hardyi, glabrata, schattaueri, minor

someday Pritchardia bakeri.

[SubTropicRay]

Copernicia fallaense

Licuala cordata

Pritchardia pacifica

Kerriodoxa elegans

Corypha umbraculifera

[Walter John]

Agree with updating

Livistona decora

Licuala ramsayi

Livistona fulva

Bismarkia nobilis

Licuala peltata var sumawongi

[Gileno Machado]

Almost 8 years later...my update:

Chelyocarpus chuco

Licuala ramsayi

Copernicia hospita

Bismarckia nobilis

Borassodendron machadonis

plus

every other Copernicia

any Coccothrinax

most Licualas

several Pritchardias

Sabal sp Lisa (Oops...not really a fan palm, right?)

[Daryl]

Aesthetically...

Copernicia fallaense

Corypha umbraculifera

Pritchardia mitiaroana

Livistona jenkinsiana

Licuala ramsayi

Honorable mentions:

Copernicia hospita

Coprnicia rigida

Bismarckia nobiis

Corypha utan

Licuala mattanensis

[Geoff]

My favorite 5 are Copernicia hospital, Hyphaene compressa, Livistona loriphylla, Sabal yapa, Pritchardia hildebrandii blue, Bismarckia silver, Zombia, Kerriodoxa, Tahina, Corypha unbraculifera, Trithrinax campestris, Copernicia baileyana, Nannorrhops blue, Mauritiella armata, Licuala mapu, Trachycarpus princeps… and about 4 others I think… that's about 5 I think.

[Miles]

Bismarkia nobilis or Copernicia hospita

Corypha umbraculifera

Kerriodoxa elegans

Licuala orbicularis

Licuala sumawongii (elegans)

It's so hard to choose

[avanza]

1.Copernicia Baileyana

2.Copernicia Baileyana

3.Copernicia Baileyana

4.Copernicia Baileyana

5.Copernicia Baileyana

[Kim]

I realize this thread is better with photos, thanks to Geoff. So, to illustrate my list in post #61:

[Firepalm]

Good stuff Kim! That Tahina is really impressive.

[jardinierpalmiertrat]

For me

1-Bismarckia nobilis

2-Cyrtostachys renda

3-Licuala orbicularis

4-Hyophorbe lagenicaulis

5-Loidoicea maldivica

and many more and more.......

[JasonD]

My current five favorite fans:

Livistona fulva

Trachycarpus princeps

Pritchardia arecina

Latania

Coccothrinax

[GMann]

1, Phoenix Canariensis

2, Blue Latania

3, Dictyosperma Album Furfuraceum

4, Psuedophoenix Sargentii

5, Cocos Nucifera

[Monòver]

1, Phoenix Canariensis

2, Blue Latania

3, Dictyosperma Album Furfuraceum

4, Psuedophoenix Sargentii

5, Cocos Nucifera

Nice palms, but only the latania is a fan palm, jejeje.

[GMann]

Oh I misread the thread title. Revised:

1, Blue Latania

2, Bismarkia Nobilis

3, Coccothrinax Boschiana

4, Coccothrinax Azul

5, Coccothrinax Miraguama

[Palmaceae]

Pritchardia

Corypha

Coccothrinax

Sabal

Copernicia

[Palmsbro]

In no particular order (but more than 5):

Sabal palmetto, Rhapidophylum hystrix, Serenoa repens, Sabal minor, Coccothrinax wrightii, Thrinax radiata, Hyaphaene thebaica, Sabal maritima, Copernicia  alba,  Washingtonia filifera.

[cm05]

1. Bismarckia nobilis

2. Washingtonia robusta

3. Pritchardia pacifica

4. Licuala grandis

5. Sabal “Birmingham”