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personal names for palms

Kentuckypalms

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Kentuckypalms Enthusiast

Kentuckypalms

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Anybody call there palm something that is not a scientific name or common name for it?

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Looking Glass Grand Master

Looking Glass

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My wife could care less about palm specifics, but she names the various palms in the yard so I know who she is talking about.….  “Hulk”, “Baby-Yoda”, “Spike”, “Joe Biden”, “Donald Trump”, “Big-Yoda”,  “Hawaii”, “Fireball”, etc…

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D. Morrowii Veteran

D. Morrowii

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I haven't yet but I like the idea.

The Gerg Mentor

The Gerg

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5 hours ago, Looking Glass said:

My wife could care less about palm specifics, but she names the various palms in the yard so I know who she is talking about.….  “Hulk”, “Baby-Yoda”, “Spike”, “Joe Biden”, “Donald Trump”, “Big-Yoda”,  “Hawaii”, “Fireball”, etc…

I see a game in guessing what the palm is based on it’s nickname.

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Palmarum Grand Master

Palmarum

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Dammit.

As in "Grow Damn it!"

 

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South Florida

Kentuckypalms Enthusiast

Kentuckypalms

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Mine are just called that palm over there

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spike Rising Star

spike

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3 hours ago, Centraltxpalm said:

Mine are just called that palm over there

in addition to that, there's the big one and the little one

Kentuckypalms Enthusiast

Kentuckypalms

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Just now, spike said:

in addition to that, there's the big one and the little one

Soon I can say the blue one once the brahea is visible above ground.

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JLM Grand Master

JLM

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"The big one in the backyard", "The big one in the front yard", "The little one in the front yard", "The little one near the driveway", "The one by the fence gate", "The little one over there with the potted plants".

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Palms - 1 Adonidia merillii, 1 Bismarckia nobilis, 2 Butia odorata, 1 BxJ, 1 BxJxBxS, 1 BxS, 1 Chamaerops humilis, 1 Chambeyronia macrocarpa, 1 Hyophorbe lagenicaulis, 1 Hyophorbe verschaffeltii, 1 Livistona chinensis, 1 Livistona nitida, 1 Phoenix canariensis, 3 Phoenix roebelenii, 2 Ravenea rivularis, 1 Rhapis excelsa, 1 Sabal bermudana, 3 Sabal palmetto, 4 Syagrus romanzoffiana, 8 Trachycarpus fortunei, 4 Washingtonia robusta, 1 Wodyetia bifurcata
Total: 41

iDesign Mentor

iDesign

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I bought SIX flamethrowers... partly to increase the chance one will be "flaming"  at any particular point. What's funny is that they seem to be aligning themselves timing-wise. On the bright side, it should be an amazing show if they did all go off together!

To clarify which "flamethrower" we're talking about, we named each after people we've bought palms from. Those in Southern California might recognize some of our flamethrower names (Joe, Josh, Jesse, Phil, Jack & Arlene).

Here are "Jack" (hookeri) & Arlene" (macrocarpa) on adoption day...

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RyManUtah Grand Master

RyManUtah

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Guilty. I have named several palms. Silly as it is to some I know to get the know the plants ‘personality’ before naming them - it helps ease premature losses as well. 

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Steve Mac Grand Master

Steve Mac

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Our Normanbya normanbyi is called Fred, of coarse. lol

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Cheers Steve

It is not dead, it is just senescence.

   

 

 

Darold Petty Grand Master

Darold Petty

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This issue has been addressed in previous threads,  mine are 'Siegmund und Sieglinde'.  Why ???? 

 

They are Trachycarpus wagnerianus, they are siblings from the same seed lot, and they are opposite gender !   :mrlooney:

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San Francisco, California

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EJPalm05

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I think that some personal names people in the community have come up with are bizzie for Bismarkia and washy for washingtonia and trachy for trachycarpus which I think is funny enough!

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An Autistic boy who has an obsession with tropical plants.

Xerarch Grand Master

Xerarch

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On 2/26/2022 at 7:43 PM, iDesign said:

(Joe, Josh, Jesse, Phil, Jack & Arlene).

 

Looks like Phil and Arlene need to get with the program and get themselves a "J" name like everyone selling flamethrowers.

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Corpus Christi, TX, near salt water, zone 9b/10a! Except when it isn't and everything gets nuked.

Otto Von Bismarck Palm Newbie

Otto Von Bismarck Palm

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Banana Palms - Foster, Foster Jr.

Pygmy Date - Faith

Christmas Palm - Noel

Palmetto Sabal - Mr. Palmetto

Washingtonia - Skyduster

Cat Palm - Nyan

Still need to name Areca, open to suggestions

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Z4Devil Experienced

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Yes, count me in. Have a large Howeia - I call her Nemi (short version of Nemesis) for decades. It is my old lady and a kind of a queen among all the other palms. 🙂

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Z4Devil Experienced

Z4Devil

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On 3/1/2022 at 2:44 AM, Darold Petty said:

This issue has been addressed in previous threads,  mine are 'Siegmund und Sieglinde'.  Why ???? 

😍
And they have their own and famous opera. 

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Pal Meir Grand Master

Pal Meir

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9 hours ago, Z4Devil said:

Yes, count me in. Have a large Howeia - I call her Nemi (short version of Nemesis) for decades. It is my old lady and a kind of a queen among all the other palms. 🙂

I would like to see a pic of your old lady Nemi. Or is she too shy? 🥰

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My photos at flickr: flickr.com/photos/palmeir/albums

Z4Devil Experienced

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On 3/31/2023 at 9:40 PM, Pal Meir said:

I would like to see a pic of your old lady Nemi. Or is she too shy? 🥰

No problem at all, Pal. Here you go (with my current wallpaper [about 1 year old] and a photo I've made on Sunday evening). 🙂
Nemi is really very large now, so I have to tie the leaves together. In all its glory (untied), Nemi takes more than half of the living room. 

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Pal Meir Grand Master

Pal Meir

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44 minutes ago, Z4Devil said:

No problem at all, Pal. Here you go (with my current wallpaper [about 1 year old] and a photo I've made on Sunday evening). 🙂
Nemi is really very large now, so I have to tie the leaves together. In all its glory (untied), Nemi takes more than half of the living room. 

IMG_1071.thumb.jpeg.11c0cfdaaf3956e0cd78094758ffbcba.jpeg
 

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I am overwhelmed. I'm lost for words. It looks like the Lord Howe Islands. 😍

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My photos at flickr: flickr.com/photos/palmeir/albums

Z4Devil Experienced

Z4Devil

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Thank you, Pal. 🙂
Many years ago, I have posted a photo of Nemi here - outside on the loggia. It was really difficult to bring the palm outside due to its size and especially weight (soil was wet). But we had warm and strong summer rain those days, Nemi had earned it. To clean here leaves manually takes about one hour, I am very meticulous to get each single one. 

If it is feasible, I will try to make a photo in full size, without binders. Guess I have to leave the living room to bring Nemi on the photo in one piece. 😂

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