Coccothrinax borhidiana (hybrid)

[aztropic]

A great looking, compact palm, that absolutely thrives in the desert too! Grows 3 times as fast as a purebred borhidiana, so what is traditionally a long wait to get a nice landscape size plant, is much quicker with the hybrid than most other Coccothrinax species. I planted this newest crop of last year's seeds just 3 months ago,and they are already big enough to go into individual 1 gallon pots!

 

aztropic

Mesa, Arizona 

[quaman58]

Nice ones Scott; what is the lineage of these? Something you crossed yourself, or? 

[aztropic]

Originally bought a few as 1 gallon plants. Was sold to me as pure borhidiana,but all the plants turned out to be hybrids. Looks to be borhidiana x miraguama for the parents. The seeds came off of a pure borhidiana. I'm very interested to see what the plants will look like from my own seeds.

 

aztropic

Mesa, Arizona 

[Looking Glass]

Those F2 babies should be interesting for sure.  Coccothrinax and Copernicia can make some really interesting hybrids sometimes.   

I’ve got one like this too.  Also originally bought as a pure borhidiana, that I think is crossed with one of the miriguamas.  It’s fast for a Coccothrinax.  This is a couple years from a 3 gallon baby.   One thing I noticed this year is it is uncharacteristically wobbly, in storm winds, for a Coccothrinax.   It’s a little too speedy for its britches, I think.  I mounded some dirt up around it.  These are normally pretty solidly rooted in.