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Post a picture of your favorite palm and why it draws you to it. 

Could be one with sentimental meaning, color, or just an aesthetically pleasing look. 
It could also be a rare and hard to get exotic palm. 
 

 

 

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This is my current favorite. 
It’s still a youngin, but the vibrance of the color draws my eyes right to it. 
 

It’s an Areca Vestiaria. 
 

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Acrocomia aculeata, cold hardy, very fast and it belongs to the Bactridinae subtribe.

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Yes, I am proud to admit this is still my favorite palm. I see it as an elegant, stately and graceful palm with luscious tropical dark green leathery fronds.... swaying in the breezes... it's mesmerizing ... the Queen, Syagrus Romanzoffiana 

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Although Wodyetia bifurcata is also my favorite! Can we have 2 favorites 😍 

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Im a sucker for Mexican Fan palm, Washingtonia robusta. I know many think it’s the weed of the palm world, and it kind of is, but I just love the way the deep green fronds sway in the breeze and the long, thin trunks bending against the sky.  
 

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico 2024
 

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-Chris

San Antonio, TX - 2023 designated zone 9A 🐍 🌴🌅

(formerly Albuquerque, NM ☀️ zone 7B for 30 years)

Washingtonia filifera/ Washingtonia robusta/ Syagrus romanzoffiana/ Sabal mexicana/ Dioon edule

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Boy that’s a tough one . Favorite palm ….hmmmm. OK I’ll say , for now , Chambroynia Macrocarpa . This based on just the palms I currently have. Becoming more common but still , like the Queen palm , a nice palm to look at. HarryIMG_0315.thumb.jpeg.0b9688184a03cc956694631cadaafb71.jpeg

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18 hours ago, MJSanDiego said:

Yes, I am proud to admit this is still my favorite palm. it's mesmerizing ... the Queen, Syagrus Romanzoffiana 

Baffling.

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Neoveitchia storckii at the Hoʻomaluhia Botanical Garden, Kāne'ohe, Oahu (part of the Honolulu Botanical Gardens). 

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My favorite changes from week to week, day to day.

I have a Ptychosperma elegans that's been in the ground for two years now, very slow growing, it is a "Lisa" variation with paddle leaves.

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Perhaps one day it will grow to resemble the mother palm.

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Copernia fallensis.  Visited the farmers feildin 2011 in Cuba. Was like a religious experience, ..almost.

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5 hours ago, Walden D said:

Copernia fallensis.  Visited the farmers feildin 2011 in Cuba. Was like a religious experience, ..almost.

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Gotta be either this or c. Gigas for myself 

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On 9/16/2024 at 2:56 AM, Billy said:

Baffling.

I think of S romanzoffiana like this: if it were discovered tomorrow, it would become the next craze of the palm world. Well grown specimens are seriously nice plants with deep green plumose fronds, and of course the adaptability in cultivation is a big positive for most. I could say the same thing of Washingtonia robusta, Chrysalidocarpus lutescens and even Cocos nucifera which are subjectively beautiful plants yet are despised by some for other reasons. I can understand the love for these species as they are often the gateway for how some of us became palm people in the first place. All that being said, there are probably 2500 other species I’d be ranking as my favourite before S rom. 
 

For me, Hedyscepe canterburyana is the species that tipped me over the edge of becoming a full blown palm nut. To this day it is still my favourite and combines all my favourite traits in one palm; striking white crownshaft, crown full of lush recurved fronds and overall elegant appearance with a relatively thin trunk. Even the inflorescences and infructescences can be quite showy. 
 

Here’s one which no longer exists. It was always a big feature at the Melbourne Botanic Gardens and was probably the most robust one I ever saw in person. It unfortunately succumbed years ago probably to too much sun and heat one summer as it was quite exposed. It amazingly did survive a day in 2009 when it got to 47C in mostly full sun. Luckily there’s still 2 others at the gardens that survive to this day, but neither were as robust as this one in its prime. 
 

 

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Patterson Lakes, bayside Melbourne, Australia

Rarely Frost

2005 Minimum: 2.6C,  Maximum: 44C

2005 Average: 17.2C, warmest on record.

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11 minutes ago, tim_brissy_13 said:

there are probably 2500 other species I’d be ranking as my favourite before S rom. 
For me, Hedyscepe canterburyana is the species that tipped me over the edge of becoming a full blown palm nut. To this day it is still my favourite and combines all my favourite traits in one palm; striking white crownshaft, crown full of lush recurved fronds and overall elegant appearance with a relatively thin trunk. Even the inflorescences and infructescences can be quite showy. 

My thoughts exactly. Couldn't have said it better myself. Also, thanks for sharing the photo of that beautiful Hedy...talk about a grand slam. Unfortunate to hear that it no longer exists. 

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8 hours ago, tim_brissy_13 said:

 

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It's a good call Tim. There's  something very human scaled about them, not too telegraph pole like. Nice pic of a palm and a palm nut!

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South Arm, Tasmania, Australia - 42° South

Mild oceanic climate, with coastal exposure.

 

Summer: 12°C (53°F) average min, to 21°C (70°F) average daily max. Up to 40°C (104°F max) rarely.

 

Winter: 6°C (43°F) average min, to 13°C (55°F) average daily max. Down to 0°C (32°F) occasionally, some light frost.

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Washingtonia Filifera! I personally like them way more than Robusta. I like the thicker trunks and all that cotton like thread on the fronds.

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Palms (And Cycad) in Ground Currently: Rhapidophyllum Hystrix (x1), Butia Odorata (x1), Sabal Causiarum (x1), Sabal Louisiana (x1), Cycas Revoluta (x1).

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Ohmigahd. Just ONE favorite!

Hmmm.

Teddy bear for starters. They’re the two in the center just to the left of the chimney.

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Welllll

Maybe it’s Chambeyronias!

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Canary island date palm:

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favorite overall? i could maybe choose my favorite from each tribe, but if i do have to narrow it down, you have to at least let me have a favorite fan palm and feather palm:

Lodoicea in habitat, Seychelles:

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and Chry. titan, specifically Langer’s:

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close second is Chry. tokoravina, will probably take first once i see a mature one in person

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Today it's Trithrinax schizophylla in flower!

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On 9/15/2024 at 10:32 AM, ASHCVS said:

Neoveitchia storckii at the Hoʻomaluhia Botanical Garden, Kāne'ohe, Oahu (part of the Honolulu Botanical Gardens). 

Oooh, good choice! I saw a few of these (Neoveitchia) at the Naples, FL botanical garden and thought "wow, what is that?!" Really beautiful palm.

Alot of good choices here. Interesting how a lot of our favorites seem to be mostly common palms. The palms we see every day in our area.

My favorite is no different. It's the Sabal Palmetto. No doubt that it's my #1 favorite. Our Florida native and I love them! They're aesthetically pleasing, don't really require any maintenance or care (within reason). Even if you see them in a parking lot with 0 maintenance, they still look good. And there's the sentimental value of the fact that I know when I see sabal palmettos, I know I'm home! They remind me of where I live.

Here's a few in Sarasota, FL: 

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A grouping of them in their native habitat, at Myakka River State Park:

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Some more in their native habitat, Myakka State Park, along with some local resident gators!:

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One more of some sabal palmettos slipped into a landscape in the FL keys:

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Lipstick palm, Chonta Palm, Cuban Royal palms, CIDPs, spindle palms -- UH, I can't just choose one!

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On 9/14/2024 at 2:00 PM, Jegs said:

This is my current favorite. 
It’s still a youngin, but the vibrance of the color draws my eyes right to it. 
 

It’s an Areca Vestiaria. 
 

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Mine too!!

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On 9/15/2024 at 9:56 AM, Billy said:

Baffling.

What is baffling? It wouldn't matter if there were only 10 of these palms in the world or 10 million. It's still the same beautiful palm. It never gets boring to me no matter how many rare and exotic species people post up. I see others have listed Mexican Fan Palms as their favorites, is that baffling to? Or Washingtonia Filifera? 

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Kerriodoxa elegans. Impressively beautiful fronds.
I took this photo in the botanical garden of Frankfurt, Germany.
Now my seedlings are 2 years old. Some years to go :D

 

 

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On 9/18/2024 at 8:37 AM, knell said:

favorite overall? i could maybe choose my favorite from each tribe, but if i do have to narrow it down, you have to at least let me have a favorite fan palm and feather palm:

Lodoicea in habitat, Seychelles:

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Hard to argue, that’s why I chose it and my profile photo!

 

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On 9/19/2024 at 1:30 PM, MJSanDiego said:

What is baffling? It never gets boring to me

Baffling that of all the species on the planet that one would land on the "queen" palm as a favorite. I'm glad you enjoy your "queens" so much. Cheers. 

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On 9/19/2024 at 4:50 PM, RainforestCafe said:

Oooh, good choice! I saw a few of these (Neoveitchia) at the Naples, FL botanical garden and thought "wow, what is that?!" Really beautiful palm.

Alot of good choices here. Interesting how a lot of our favorites seem to be mostly common palms. The palms we see every day in our area.

My favorite is no different. It's the Sabal Palmetto. No doubt that it's my #1 favorite. Our Florida native and I love them! They're aesthetically pleasing, don't really require any maintenance or care (within reason). Even if you see them in a parking lot with 0 maintenance, they still look good. And there's the sentimental value of the fact that I know when I see sabal palmettos, I know I'm home! They remind me of where I live.

Here's a few in Sarasota, FL: 

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A grouping of them in their native habitat, at Myakka River State Park:

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Some more in their native habitat, Myakka State Park, along with some local resident gators!:

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One more of some sabal palmettos slipped into a landscape in the FL keys:

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Some are posting  pal.s common to an area but not all.  I posted a similar thread on Cycads a few years ago.   My initial statement was the same as here, that it depends on the day.  Seeing the posts on the Marojejya darianii is still fresh in mind as well as recalling spectacular specimens in Big Island gardens.  So today I will refer you to that thread for a photo. 

I am not growing it and know it would be very difficult in my garden.   Perhaps on another day I will find one of my own palms to be my favorite. 

Viva la diversita!

 

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9 hours ago, Billy said:

Baffling that of all the species on the planet that one would land on the "queen" palm as a favorite. I'm glad you enjoy your "queens" so much. Cheers. 

Oh Billy! I see you are manipulating the original posts when you reply / quote! For example, you quoted me above as saying "What is baffling? It never gets old to me". You put those two phrases together from a larger paragraph that I posted so it's completely out of context,  misconstrued. That is not what I said, or how I said it. I think most would agree on this forum that is not acceptable to misconstrue or manipulate prior posts when replying 

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On 9/17/2024 at 9:15 PM, FlaPalmLover said:

Canary island date palm:

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Looks a bit like Beverly Hills!

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My favorite palm (that I’m growing) at the moment would have to be this Dypsis hybrid mystery. A species sourced from FB as “heteromorpha”  that seems to stay solitary and appears to be a decaryi hybrid. Photobombing are two Cyphophoenix elegans. 

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15 hours ago, MJSanDiego said:

Oh Billy! I see you are manipulating the original posts when you reply / quote! You put those two phrases together from a larger paragraph that I posted so it's completely out of context,  misconstrued. That is not what I said, or how I said it.

Nope. Just streamlined it so it takes up less of the page. Onward and upward. Happy growing.

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This salacca has to be my favorite right now. It shoots these runners out that can be eventually cut after they root and produce new plants

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This is not a palm I would grow at home but for today they were my favorite.  These Trachycarpus look so healthy in this environment.   I saw some seedlings popping up in a patch of gravel, so they are fully acclimated.  Seeing palms intermixed with vineyards, spruce, pines and deciduous trees I don't recognize is an interesting contrast.

Meran, Sud Tirol.

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33.0782 North -117.305 West  at 72 feet elevation

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5 hours ago, Billy said:

Nope. Just streamlined it so it takes up less of the page. Onward and upward. Happy growing.

Come on now Billy! The fact that I have to respond to this is a bit disturbing. You took a phrase from the middle of a short paragraph, moved it up as the second sentence and deleted the rest. This is not streamlining, but manipulation. Come on now. You can have the final word if you want, I won't reply again on this matter

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On 9/22/2024 at 1:57 PM, MJSanDiego said:

Come on now Billy! The fact that I have to respond to this is a bit disturbing. 

I apologize. I would never mean to disturb or upset anyone, especially someone who I don't even know. Hope all is well.

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On 9/14/2024 at 12:00 PM, Jegs said:

This is my current favorite. 
It’s still a youngin, but the vibrance of the color draws my eyes right to it. 
 

It’s an Areca Vestiaria. 

Mine used to be Areca vestiaria until one day my beautiful 15 foot tall multiple stem specimen died for no apparent reason. It’s happen twice to me now so I’m no longer as big a fan of A. vestiaria as I used to be. It is a beautiful palm though and I do have a small one growing but I try not to get too attached to it.

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18n. Hot, humid and salty coastal conditions.

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Although koghiensis is the only Burretiokentia I’m growing, I’d say my favorite palm right now is this Burretiokentia hapala grown to perfection in the private garden of no other than@Dypsisdean. His son Dorian was gracious enough to let my wife and I tag along for a garden tour this summer. Dorian was very generous with his time and I can confidently say on the behalf of the small group of us there that it was a garden tour we’ll never forget. Mahalo, Dorian for the hospitality. 

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