Sabal mauritiformis

[Josue Diaz]

This is such a beautiful palm, in my eyes. The leaves are so big and round,  and they come with super tall petioles held vertically. The petioles on mine are approx 6 feet tall. I remember seeing a huge one at Kevin Weaver's place in Lake Elsinore and immediately fell in love with it. 

 

 

[ChrisA]

This may be my favorite palm. I love the way it looks, and the deep green color it possesses. I wish it were hardy down to 9A, I’d grow one in a heartbeat. Alas in a Texas 9A it would lead to sorrow. 
 

Here are some photos from a specimen at the Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden when I visited in 2016.

[kinzyjr]

25 minutes ago, Josue Diaz said:

This is such a beautiful palm, in my eyes. The leaves are so big and round,  and they come with super tall petioles held vertically. The petioles on mine are approx 6 feet tall. I remember seeing a huge one at Kevin Weaver's place in Lake Elsinore and immediately fell in love with it. 

They are certainly the most tropical-looking of the Sabal species.

[tinman10101]

i love sabal mauritiformis.  i have one deeply planted in shade just for the sake of it being stretched to look like an overgrown licuala.  unfortunately, i had to cut down the canopy tree that shaded it recently so now its partially shaded by caryota gigas and foxy lady.  regardless, the leaves are super stretched and is unfortunately in a very crowded area now.  below is a pic of a leaf i had to cut because it was in the walkway of the house.  you cant really see the scale but it is about 6 feet in diameter.  I will try to get a decent shot of the whole palm later.  

i also grow sabal yapa which when both were younger were actually strikingly similar with silverish leaf undersides but the yapa is quite large now with large costapalmate leaves.  a completely different leaf shape and look as the mauritiformis. 

 

[Merlyn]

This was one of my first "monster" palms that I really loved at Leu Gardens.  They have one in deep shade in the tropical river area and it was really stretched out like a 10x scale Licuala.  I have two in my yard in part-shade.  They aren't as hardy as most other Sabals, but took only minor damage with 24-25F and frost.  I'd say ~25% burn at that and just kept on chugging slowly along!

[Hillizard]

My Sabal mauritiformis has been in the ground for a few years with barely enough shade protection from a Peltophorum dubium overhead. You can see that the fronds are not a deep green. It has handled winter cold well in this location, which is the hottest in my yard. Tucked behind it is one of 4 potted Chamaerops humilis var. argentea (syn. Chamaerops humilis var. cerifera). 

[Tracy]

On 8/30/2024 at 6:31 PM, Josue Diaz said:

This is such a beautiful palm, in my eyes. The leaves are so big and round,  and they come with super tall petioles held vertically. The petioles on mine are approx 6 feet tall. I remember seeing a huge one at Kevin Weaver's place in Lake Elsinore and immediately fell in love with it. 

 

 

It is my favorite Sabal and the only one I have planted in the ground.   Mine was in full sun from a seedling, albeit in coastal Carlsbad. It is about 20 years since I planted it from a 1 gallon.  It has a few feet of trunk with heavy thratching which I find quite attractive.  The crown is very full since it retains many leaves.

[happypalms]

They are such a beautiful palm I have two in my garden and was lucky enough to get two tiny seedlings a month ago.

[TampaBayRay]

Ive got one them too

[tinman10101]

26 minutes ago, TampaBayRay said:

Ive got one them too

Wow. You can totally appreciate this palm in the round. Great placement. 

[Phoenikakias]

If it were a bit hardier to the wind...

[Tracy]

The photo below is from a year ago, looking out the family room window at mine.   It is up in the back on the upper level of the yard.  I need to get updated photos at some time.