Which Coccothrinax sp produce large white seeds? Is it C. montana?

[PalmatierMeg]

Last night I found one of my Coccothrinax, i.e., montana dropping large white seeds. Most Coccothrinax produce black/purple but I have read that at least one species goes against the flow and produces white seeds. The palm is on the small side and has a distinctive trunk weave. The seeds are quite large and the whole crop is 100+ seeds. I photographed the seeds last night. The photographs of the palm date to 2021 (pre-Ian). Like many of my palms this one is struggling with recovery from the shellacking it took from that storm.

Coccothrinax sp (montana?) large white seeds, Cape Coral, FL, 2024

[aztropic]

Yes. That is montana.

 

aztropic 

Mesa, Arizona 

[SeanK]

So many people say that Trachycarpus is ugly and they wish they could grow tropical palms like Adonidia or Roystonia. I have to chuckle b/c Thrinax and Cocothrinax (& Trithrinax) are all coarse, hairy-trunked, palmate spp.

[Jim in Los Altos]

On 6/27/2024 at 4:08 PM, SeanK said:

So many people say that Trachycarpus is ugly and they wish they could grow tropical palms like Adonidia or Roystonia. I have to chuckle b/c Thrinax and Cocothrinax (& Trithrinax) are all coarse, hairy-trunked, palmate spp.

I think it’s the integrate weave of the fibers that is attractive on many of the Coccothrinax species versus the unkept hairyness of Trachycarpus, particularly T. fortunei. I have fortunei, wagneriensis, and martianus as well as three species of Coccothrinax in the garden. If I had to do over, I’d have skipped planting T. fortunei but I love martianus and like wagneriensis a lot.