Brahea edulis

[Tassie_Troy1971]

Who else is growing this palm 

It's a great replacement for Washingtonia robusta.

 

[philthypalms]

I have seen a couple of mature ones seeding in Perth over the years.  Saw a huge one in a Park in the Northern Adelaide Suburbs in 2017 but the seed I collected was too old. It appears to be happy in every Major City below tropical Australia, wonder if there are any in Darwin or Cairns?

The small specimen I have grown from seed is quite blue compared to yours. I wonder if mine is not edulis.

[SeanK]

How quickly do they recover defoliation?

I love B.armata but no way it adds 2-dozen leaves in one year like a robusta. 

[Fusca]

@Jim in Los Altos has a beautiful palm.  I failed to germinate some seeds last year but I'm hoping to procure one shortly from @Jubaea_James760

[Jubaea_James760]

 I love my Brahea edulis! Mine produced 18 leaves last year. Picture today, it's seen an ultimate low of 20.4f with tons of other nights below 32f, ice, hard freezes & 6 inches of snow with minimal leave damage. 

[Jubaea_James760]

How about 2 Jon 😁. 2nd week of April is when I'll have some time & start up shipping again 👍

[Fusca]

27 minutes ago, Jubaea_James760 said:

How about 2 Jon 😁. 2nd week of April is when I'll have some time & start up shipping again 👍

They look great!  I figured that it would be soon.  Yours is really chugging along and looks happy!  2 might not be 2 much!  LOL!

[tim_brissy_13]

I don’t have this one and I’ve probably run out of space to plant more fan palms with wide spread, but I’d love to see these more widely grown. I love all Brahea (I’ve got 5 other species in the ground). 
 

There are some old ones in St Kilda, VIC Australia. Here’s one (not a great photo). They’re a robust grower in my climate in Melbourne and some other local collectors have them. 

[Little Tex]

How much do you charge for them James?

[Jim in Los Altos]

I have this one that I planted it seems a century ago. It puts out tons of new leaves every year but each new leaf only adds about 1/4” of height to the trunk. A very slow growing palm trunk-wise. This species is pretty indestructible here with the exception of needing lots more potassium than what’s in typical palm fertilizer. 
 

Edited March 25, 2023 by Jim in Los Altos

[Jubaea_James760]

57 minutes ago, Little Tex said:

How much do you charge for them James?

$12.50 ea.

[Rivera]

That's a nice one Jim.

There's one on my block, trunk about person height and still holding its leaf bases. It puts out quite a few leaves every year, but someone (presumably its owner) keeps brutally over trimming it. It's in the sidewalk, but not really in the way enough to merit taking more than a single leaf here and there if anything. A shame it's being treated this way, but it endures. 

Not growing one myself. I still have a bunch of stored seed and a few going in my dome, but thus far I have failed to germinate successfully including attempting the "tickling the embryo" method. I haven't given up yet.

[Jim in Los Altos]

2 hours ago, Rivera said:

That's a nice one Jim.

There's one on my block, trunk about person height and still holding its leaf bases. It puts out quite a few leaves every year, but someone (presumably its owner) keeps brutally over trimming it. It's in the sidewalk, but not really in the way enough to merit taking more than a single leaf here and there if anything. A shame it's being treated this way, but it endures. 

Not growing one myself. I still have a bunch of stored seed and a few going in my dome, but thus far I have failed to germinate successfully including attempting the "tickling the embryo" method. I haven't given up yet.

Thanks. The only thing I don’t like about mine is the unpleasant odor from the inflorescence in late spring. They smell terrible and I end up cutting them off to rid the patio of the smell that overpowers the otherwise sweet aromas of the season. The black juicy fruit would be a mess as well in late summer on the patio beneath. Great palm otherwise and I like how it self cleans itself. 

[Little Tex]

Its funny these look like they could be a livistona species if they weren’t on a different continent 

[awkonradi]

Here are mine, which have grown in place from scattered seeds, plus their parent around the corner.  I think it's interesting that Guadalupe Island and the Canary Islands have evolved a cool-adapted Brahea and Phoenix respectively.

[philthypalms]

On 3/26/2023 at 4:34 AM, tim_brissy_13 said:

I don’t have this one and I’ve probably run out of space to plant more fan palms with wide spread, but I’d love to see these more widely grown. I love all Brahea (I’ve got 5 other species in the ground). 
 

There are some old ones in St Kilda, VIC Australia. Here’s one (not a great photo). They’re a robust grower in my climate in Melbourne and some other local collectors have them. 

At Lunar Park, I saw them in 2017!

[Josue Diaz]

B Edulis is one of the palms that was widely planted in Fresno at the turn of the last century (along with B armata, Jubaea, Livistona and Sabal) but it must have only been a fad because we have lots of old specimens in public places (street medians, old homes, parks...) but no young plants to be found anywhere. My guess is that this is probably due to their slow growth rate - washingtonia and phoenix dominate the palm scene here. 

I have a young edulis - it's very small and very slow.