The Palm Hunter January 2025 Seed Offering - Sabal pumos, Butia sp. 'Itacambira' (Purple Fruit), Butia lallemantii, Sabal minor 'Cherokee', Sabal miamiensis x maritima, Sabal Sp. 'Riverside', Zombia, Arenga hookeriana, Coccothrinax acuminata, and more

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The following are fresh:

 

Butia sp. Itacambira (Purple Fruit)         $5 each

Butia lallemantii    $7 each. 

Serenoa repens ‘Cinerea’     $8/10, $14/25, $21/50, $29/100

Sabal miamiensis          $6/10, $9/25, $13/50, $18/100

Sabal palmetto 'Lisa'    $7/10, $11/25, $18/50, $29/100

Chamaedora microspadix   $5/10, $8/25, $12/50, $18/100

Chamaerops humilis       $7/10, $10/25, $15/50, $22/100

Sabal minor 'Cherokee'     $7/10, $10/25, $15/50, $22/100

Sabal sp. 'DeFuniak Springs'  $6/10, $9/25, $13/50, $18/100

Rhapidophyllum hystrix 'Chambers County, AL'   $8/10, $16/25, $28/50, $40/100 

Sabal sp. ‘Riverside’  $7/10, $11/25, $18/50, $27/100

Sabal miamiensis x maritima (or possibly mexicana)   $8/10, $13/25, $19/50, $28/100

Sabal pumos   $9/10, $14/25, $21/50, $29/100

Arenga hookeriana    $10/10, $16/25, $25/50,  $38/100

Zombia antillarum   $15/10, $25/25, $40/50, $75/100

Coccothrinax acuminata   $7/10, $11/25, $17/50, $25/100

Hyphaene coriacea   $1/ea.

Attalea crassispatha   $12/5, $20/10

These are several months old, but still just fine:

Barcella odora                                                                $8 each

Sabals that have been kept in the refrigerator for about a year:

Sabal sp. 'Tamaulipas'                                                  $7/10, $10/25, $15/50, $22/100

Sabal causiarum                                                           $6/10, $9/25, $13/50, $20/100

Sabal etonia                                                                  $6/10, $9/25, $13/50, $20/100

Sabal minor var. louisiana                                           $6/10, $9/25, $13/50, $20/100

Sabal minor 'Blountstown Dwarf'                              $7/10, $10/25, $15/50, $22/100

Sabal mexicana                                                            $7/10, $10/25, $15/50, $22/100

 

The Butia sp. 'Itacambira' (Purple Fruit) is the same species that I posted last time, only it has purple fruits and not reddish.  I haven't seen one seed weevil emerge from any of them, which was a problem with the last batch.  Here's more information and pictures:

 

The Sabal pumos seeds are without a doubt the very largest Sabal seeds I have ever seen anywhere, hands down.  The fruits are the size of large, green grapes.  Much larger than Sabal mexicana, etonia, tamaulipas, or any other Sabal seed.  The palm they came from has been growing in Augusta, GA for 20 + years, and somewhere along the way it was forgotten that it was a pumos...until it started seeding this past year.  The original palm was acquired from a dealer in Ft. Lauderdale in the early-mid '90s, and probably came from Scott Zona's original collecting expeditions in Mexico in 1986 and 1987.  Zone distributed seed to the IPS seed bank, Fairchild, Huntington, and Jardin Botanico (MX), so they probably came from someone who ordered from the IPS seed bank.  At any rate, the palm itself doesn't look much different from a Sabal palmetto, except for the grotesquely large seeds.   Which you apparently have to wait 20 years for, LOL.   This palm was beaten up by Hurricane Helene pretty good last year.  To my knowledge, S. pumos hasn't been offered since RPS had seeds in 2008.

 

The Sabal miamiensis x maritima hybrid come from Leu Gardens in Orlando by way of Eric S.  He collected the seed that started this palm from a Sabal miamiensis elsewhere in the garden many years ago.  It stayed small for years, then started accelerating its growth and forming a short, very fat, squatty trunk and a massive crown of leaves, much bigger than the miamiensis.  The original miamiensis is planted close to a S. maritima and a S. mexicana, so it's possible that it's a cross with one of those two palm.  It's just speculation though, you decide for yourself. 

 

Miamiensis marked with green, maritima in blue, mexicana in red.  The seeds are pretty large as well. 

Sabal sp. 'Riverside' is the real deal also, and I'm sorry I don't have any pictures of the parent palm, but it fits the description to a "T".  The seeds are quite large.  I have been offered Riverside seeds in the past and declined to sell them because I didn't think they were large enough, even though the palm itself looked like a Riverside.  But this one fit the bill perfectly.

Shipping has gone up to $4.50 for packets under 6 oz, and that's using a discount postage website.  For bigger packages, I'll just charge you my cost.

Zelle is preferred (I'm not sure why everyone doesn't use this...every bank offers it just about and there are ZERO fees!), but PayPal is still accepted.

Thanks for looking, and for your business!

SEED DEALER LICENSE NUMBER: S002981 (FL)

[Fishinsteeg234]

Is Coccothrinax acuminata supposed to be Carpentaria acuminata? 
 

or was there a name change for Coccothrinax miraguama subsp. arenicola ?

I am unable to find Coccothrinax acuminata on palmpedia.com. 

thanks for the seed offerings!

 

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11 minutes ago, Fishinsteeg234 said:

Is Coccothrinax acuminata supposed to be Carpentaria acuminata? 
 

or was there a name change for Coccothrinax miraguama subsp. arenicola ?

I am unable to find C. acuminata on palmpedia.com. 
 

thanks for the seed offerings!

 

Definitely Coccothrinax!

https://palms.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/PALMSv62n1p42-50-Moya-Coccothrinax-acuminata.pdf

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Rhapidophyllum hystrix (Chambers County) are SOLD OUT!  However, I do have plenty more Rhapidophyllum hystrix from elsewhere in GA and AL, close to The Fall Line also.  I have them priced slightly lower:

$8/10, $14/25, $22/50, $34/100

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Butia lallemantii is SOLD OUT.

[Mindless2]

do you ship to Canada?

 

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1 hour ago, Mindless2 said:

do you ship to Canada?

 

Yes, I certainly do!  DM me to order.  

[Maguire]

Best seeds I have been able to find and the cheapest as well. I got 100 Sabal Cherokee which I planted on 01/08/2025 and they are already germinating!