Sabal mexicana - Deming NM

[Desert DAC]

On Monday while filling up at the Circle K on the west side of Deming, on my recent return trip from Tucson, I saw this palm I forgot about from a few years ago. Sabal mexicana:

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Even more Sabal and possibly Washingtonia closer to the main doors to the hotel, past the portico.

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A nice amount of fruit produced.

This palm is at this Comfort Inn, nicely visible from the gas pumps to the west:

https://www.google.com/maps/@32.267364,-107.7706055,3a,49y,137.64h,96.9t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sVKzVBCSC7EmKZhru8v0uLA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-6.896020269334798%26panoid%3DVKzVBCSC7EmKZhru8v0uLA%26yaw%3D137.6399891608078!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDEwOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

[kinzyjr]

@Desert DAC It looks fantastic!  A great palm for the I-10 corridor of NM.

[jwitt]

Nice "loaded" palms!

[Desert DAC]

1 minute ago, kinzyjr said:

@Desert DAC It looks fantastic!  A great palm for the I-10 corridor of NM.

Yes, and yet I know of so few in this area. All two in Jeff Anderson's "desert jungle" as I call it, near downtown Las Cruces. None so far in El Paso that I've seen. They should be made available for sale here.

I'm unsure when the Sabal mexicana at the Albuquerque Biopark were planted, which is 5F less or even slightly colder than Deming. NM can't do much in the way of palms, but it defies all logic on a few other palms.

And I'm glad I'm not the only person looking at cool plants after 9 pm on a Saturday night!!

[Desert DAC]

And look what I found on that same palm, from 2013 thanks to the Google Verse:

https://www.google.com/maps/@32.2673541,-107.7706475,3a,41.7y,143.16h,84.18t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1svR7nHNhu4xnR02ld7t1Mtw!2e0!5s20130601T000000!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D5.8220290194825%26panoid%3DvR7nHNhu4xnR02ld7t1Mtw%26yaw%3D143.16265704273167!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDEwOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

There was a Washy (robusta?) that probably freeze-killed in Feb 2011 planted right next to the Sabal mexicana, but the ragged Sabal is still alive. It really grew in the last 11 years.

[SailorBold]

Impressive... underrated palm for NM.. especially ABQ.. considering they are more leaf hardy than robusta tainted washingtonias..growth is at a good clip too..

[Las Palmas Norte]

Did you grab some seed? Looks like a nice un.