Palms - South Florida Palm Society

March 2016
Spring 2016
Palm Show and Sale
Hundreds of Species of
Rare and Exotic Palms
Cocos nucifera
Sale Issue
Free palm seedlings to every guest
while supplies last
Coccothrinax clarensis
at Montgomery Botanical Center
March 12 and 13, 2016
9:30 am to 4:30 pm
SFPS Board of Directors 2016
Leonard Goldstein
Ellis Brown
Lou Sguros
Tim McKernan
Rick Johnson
Kevin Mcleod
Bill Olson
Steve Pearson
Mike Tevelonis
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
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statements and opinions expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of the SFPS, its
Board of Directors or its editors. Likewise, the appearance of advertisers does not constitute an
endorsement of the products of featured services.
Our Mission
The South Florida Palm Society is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to disseminate
information about and encourage interest in palms and the use of those plants. Funds donated to
the Chapter through its annual sales have been used to help support Fairchild Tropical Botanic
Garden, Montgomery Botanical Center and other institutions, individual research, planting
projects and educational efforts.
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President’s Message
Greetings!
In 2016 the Spring Show & Sale of the South Florida Palm Society returns to the Montgomery
Botanical Center for the first time in three years.
The SFPS held its first springtime sale some three decades ago at Flamingo Gardens in Broward
County. That event was eventually handed over to the fledgling Broward Country Chapter of the
International Palm Society. The SFPS revived its spring Show & Sale in 1998, and it has been
based in Miami-Dade Country from then on.
We are happy to offer you the opportunity to purchase well-grown plants just prior to our
region's long growing season. The species index provided in this booklet will give you a sampling
of the variety you can expect to find when you visit our vendors.
But this event is about more than just shopping for great plants. It is also a rare opportunity to
see one of the most outstanding botanical gardens anywhere. In 1932 the 120-acre grounds
became home to Robert and Nell Montgomery. Over the years an extensive palm collection was
installed on the property, but a great transformation began in the 1990s, when an ambitious new
master plan and the destruction wrought by Hurricane Andrew coincided to spur aggressive
exploration, collection and planting. This weekend your $5 admission to the Montgomery
Botanical Center will entitle you to a narrated tram tour of the estate. You will not be
disappointed!
Be sure to drop by the information table during your visit. There you can receive advice on
growing palms and cycads, pick up free seeds and a free PLANT A PALM bumper sticker, and
purchase a 2016 SFPS T-shirt. And at lunchtime, you can satisfy your hunger by trying the
delicious food prepared by our favorite barbecue vendor.
A couple of final notes: Mark your calendar now for November 5-6, the weekend of our 36th
Fall Show & Sale. For more information about the South Florida Palm Society, please peruse our
website, southfloridapalmsociety.org.
Leonard Goldstein
President, South Florida Palm Society
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Coccothrinax crinita
Old Man Palm
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Coccothrinax boschiana
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Article and photos by Larry R. Noblick
Palm Biologist, Montgomery Botanical Center
11901 Old Cutler Road,
Miami, FL 33156, USA
lnob@montgomerybotanical.org
Identifying
Coccothrinax
Some of the most ornamentally attractive leaves in the palm family are palmate fan
leaves and they are especially so in the genus Coccothrinax. The dark shiny green upper leaf
surface contrasts with the silvery sheen of the lower surfaces on the palmate leaves of most
Coccothrinax species. That may be at least one reason that species of this genus are highly prized
by most palm collectors.
At Montgomery Botanical Center one can find 23 taxa of Coccothrinax , but we are still
missing many taxa. Our collection includes 487 living plants in 168 accessions of Coccothrinax.
Henderson (1995) writes that there are only 14 species. Riffle, Craft and Zona (2012) do not
even attempt to enter into this nomenclatural conflict, they only say that there is about 50
species. Needless to say it is a genus that is badly in need of a revision.
I do not pretend to be an expert in this group of palms, having personally collected only
two species in the field, C. argentata (Florida) and C. barbadensis (Trinidad and Tobago,
Martinique, St. Lucia, and Montserrat). However that said, I still have an interest in confirming
that all of our specimens are correctly identified at Montgomery, which after taking and
comparing many pictures of our specimens in preparation for this paper, I can honestly say I am
a little less confident of.
One of the few keys that I have seen of Coccothrinax was published in Principes by
Nauman & Sanders (1991). They used only those species that they found in cultivation at
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens at the time they worked on the paper and they wrote that the
key only works on adult specimens. Although this key is quite incomplete, it at least gives us a
basic framework to begin building on. Not wanting to plagiarize, but feeling a need to further
divulge this valuable information, I have reproduced their key here, but with modifications;
removing most of the scientific jargon and replacing it with plain English. Nauman and Sanders
did a fine job of illustrating many of the characters in their paper and if interested and you are a
member of the International Palm Society, you can freely download their paper from
www.palms.org.
All of the species in this key are currently accepted by the online Monocot Checklist
based at Kew. The Kew Palm Checklist contains around 106 taxa of which 65 are currently
accepted. So although this key is very incomplete with only 26 taxa, it still offers us a good place
to start and helps us to focus on the important characters that will aid us in identifying and
separating the other species of Coccothrinax.
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The first part of this key involves holding the leaflet up to the light to see if the leaf has
cross veinlets (Fig. 1). A small hand lens can help here. I often use my binoculars in reverse to
do the same.
LITERATURE CITED
HENDERSON, A., G. GALEANO AND R. BERNAL. 1995. Field Guide to the palms of the
Americas. Princeton. 1–352.
NAUMAN, C. E. AND R. W. SANDERS. 1991. An annotated key the cultivated species of
Coccothrinax. Principes 35(1): 27–46.
RIFFLE, R. L., P. CRAFT AND S. ZONA. 2012. The encyclopedia of cultivated palms. Second
Edition. Timber Press. 1–517.
Fig.1. Leaf segment of C. barbadensis showing the cross veinlets typical of the Argentea Group.
Fig. 2. The “brain-like” seed of C. barbadensis.
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Fig. 3. The thickening middle of the stem of C. spissa is beginning to swell into a belly. Stems
showing thin leaf sheath fibers of the Argentata group.
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Fig. 4. C. crinita
Fig. 5. C. inaguensis
Fig. 6. C. argentata
Fig. 7. C. jamaicensis Stems showing the thick leaf sheath fibers of the Miraguama group.
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Coccothrinax ekmanii
Join the SFPS
As listed below, we offer our members numerous benefits. Part of your donations go to support worthy
plant-related organizations. Those contributions have included Montgomery Botanical Center, Fairchild
Tropical Botanic Garden and ZooMiami Palm Nursery. We can help our members on a wealth of
questions regarding palm identification, germination, propagation and cultivation.
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Participate in huge holiday party and plant auctions
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CROSS-REFERENCE BETWEEN
COMMON AND BOTANICAL NAMES
Some plants are better known by common names than by botanical (Latin)
names. If you are looking for a palm that you know only by its common name, the
list below may help you locate it in the master index to growers and plants.
Common names are sometimes helpful: for example, Bottle Palm rolls off
the tongue more easily than Hyophorbe lagenicaulis. But it may be tricky to rely
just on those names: (1) A single species may have a different common name from
region to region where it is native. (2) The common name may be inaccurate.
Ptychosperma elegans is still often called Alexander Palm, but it’s really the
Solitaire Palm. Archontophoenix alexandrae is the ‘true’ Alexander Palm. One
common name for Dypsis lutescens is Areca Palm, but Areca describes plants of an
entirely different genus. (3) The so-called common name may be only a recent
commercial appellation designed to boost marketing appeal. For these reasons, we
recommend that you become familiar with the botanical names of your favorite
species.
COMMON NAME
BOTANICAL NAME
Alexander / King Palm
African Oil Palm
Areca / Butterfly Palm
Arikury Palm
Bamboo Palm
Betel Palm
Blue Hesper Palm
Blue Latan Palm
Bottle Palm
Buccaneer Palm
Cabada Palm
Cuban Belly Palm
Chinese Fan Palm
Coconut Palm
Date Palm
Doum Palm / Gingerbread Palm
Dwarf Palmetto / Blue Palmetto
Archontophoenix alexandrae
Elaeis guineensis
Dypsis lutescens
Syagrus schizophylla
Chamaedorea seifrizii
Areca catechu
Brahea armata
Latania loddigesii
Hyophorbe lagenicaulis
Pseudophoenix sargentii
Dypsis cabadae
Acrocomia crispa
Livistona chinensis
Cocos nucifera
Phoenix dactylifera
Hyphaene thebaica
Sabal minor
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European Fan Palm
Fishtail Palm
Foxtail Palm
Hurricane Palm / Princess Palm
Jelly Palm / Pindo Palm
Kentia Palm
Lady Palm
MacArthur Palm
Majesty Palm
Neanthe Belle / Parlor Palm
Needle Palm
Old Man Palm
Overtop Palm
Paurotis Palm / Everglades Palm
Peach Palm
Puerto Rican Hat Palm
Pygmy Date Palm
Queen Palm
Red Latan Palm
Red Sealing Wax Palm
Rootspine Palm
Royal Palm
Saw Palmetto
Scrub Palmetto
Seashore Palm
Senegal Date Palm
Silver Palm
Solitaire Palm
Spindle Palm
Sugar Palm
Talipot Palm
Thatch Palm / Brittle Thatch Palm
Triangle Palm
Yellow Latan Palm
Windmill Palm
Window Palm
Chamaerops humilis
Caryota spp.
Wodyetia bifurcata
Dictyosperma album
Butia capitata
Howea spp.
Rhapis spp.
Ptychosperma macarthurii
Ravenea rivularis
Chamaedorea elegans
Rhapidophyllum hystrix
Coccothrinax crinita
Syagrus amara
Acoelorrhaphe wrightii
Bactris gasipaes
Sabal causiarum
Phoenix roebelenii
Syagrus romanzoffiana
Latania lontaroides
Cyrtostachys renda
Cryosophila spp.
Roystonea spp.
Serenoa repens
Sabal etonia
Allagoptera arenaria
Phoenix reclinata
Coccothrinax argentata
Ptychosperma elegans
Hyophorbe verschaffeltii
Arenga pinnata
Corypha umbraculifera
Leucothrinax morrisii
Dypsis decaryi
Latania verschaffeltii
Trachycarpus fortunei
Reinhardtia gracilis
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2016
Spring Palm Show & Sale
South Florida Palm Society
Vendors
#4
#31
#35
#50
#66
#68
Bill Olson
Albert Livingston
Steve Stern
Faith Bishock
Ron Croci
Ellis Brown
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PLANTS
VENDOR #
Palms
Acrocomia aculeata
50
Actinorhytis calapparia
68
Adonidia merrillii
31
Adonidia merrillii ‘Yellow Crownshaft’
68
Allagoptera arenaria
31, 50, 66
Archontophoenix purpurea
68
Areca catechu
68
Areca catechu ‘Alba’
35
Areca catechu 'Dwarf'
35
Areca vestiaria
35
Areca vestiaria ‘Orange Form’
66
Areca vestiaria 'Red Leaf'
66, 68
Areca cf. riparia
68
Arenga engleri
31, 68
Arenga pinnata
66
Arenga sp. ‘Dwarf’
68
Basselinia glabrata
68
Beccariophoenix alfredii
66
Bentinckia nicobarica
68
Bismarckia nobilis
31
Borassus aethiopum
35, 50
Brahea sp.
50
Burretiokentia hapala
68
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NOTES
PLANTS
VENDOR #
Calyptrocalyx hollrungii
68
Calyptrocalyx leptostachys
35
Calyptrocalyx polyphyllus
68
Calyptrocalyx sp. 'Sanumb'
68
Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana
35
Carpentaria acuminate
31
Carpoxylon macrospermum
35, 66, 68
Caryota gigas (See C. obtusa)
Caryota mitis
31
Caryota mitis var. 'variegated'
35, 68
Caryota obtusa
35
Caryota ophiopellis
35
Caryota rumphiana
31
Caryota zebrina
35
Caryota sp. 'Elvis'
50
Chamaedorea arenbergiana
50
Chamaedorea brachypoda
68
Chamaedorea cataractarum
31
Chamaedorea hooperiana
68
Chamaedorea linearis
68
Chamaedorea stolonifera
66
Chamaedorea woodsoniana
68
Chambeyronia hookeri
35, 68
Chambeyronia macrocarpa
31, 35, 66, 68
Chambeyronia macrocarpa
var. 'Houaïlou'
66
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NOTES
PLANTS
VENDOR #
Chambeyronia hookeri
66
Chelyocarpus chuco
68
Chuniophoenix nana
35, 68
Coccothrinax borhidiana
35, 50, 66, 68
Coccothrinax boschiana
66
Coccothrinax camagueyanai
68
Coccothrinax crinita
31, 35, 66, 68
Coccothrinax crinita var. brevicrinis
66
Coccothrinax cupularis
66
Coccothrinax gracilis
66
Coccothrinax miraguama
50, 66
Coccothrinax spissa
50, 66
Coccothrinax sp.
31, 50
Coccothrinax sp. ‘Azul’
66
Cocos nucifera 'Malayan Green'
31
Cocos nucifera 'Malayan Yellow'
31
Cocos nucifera 'Maypan Hybrid'
31
Copernicia alba
50
Copernicia baileyana
31, 35, 66, 68
Copernicia berteroana
31
Copernicia cowellii
66
Copernicia curtisii
35
Copernicia ekmanii
35
Copernicia fallaensis
35, 66
Copernicia gigas
66
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NOTES
PLANTS
VENDOR #
Copernicia hospita
35, 66, 68
Copernicia macroglossa
31, 35, 66
Copernicia prunifera
50
Copernicia sp.
50
Corypha umbraculifera
35
Corypha utan
31
Cyphophoenix elegans
66, 68
Cyphophoenix nucele
66, 68
Cyphosperma trichospadix
68
Cyrtostachys renda
35, 68
Cyrtostachys renda ‘pinstripe’
68
Cyrtostachys renda ‘variegated’
68
Dictyosperma album
31, 68
Dictyosperma furfuraceum
35
Dypsis ampasindavae
68
Dypsis baronii
35
Dypsis basilonga
68
Dypsis cabadae
31, 66
Dypsis curtisii
68
Dypsis decaryi
31
Dypsis dransfieldii
68
Dypsis faneva
68
Dypsis florencei
35
Dypsis heteromorpha
68
Dypsis heterophylla
68
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NOTES
PLANTS
VENDOR #
Dypsis interrupta
68
Dypsis lanceolata
66
Dypsis lastelliana
31
Dypsis leptocheilos
66
Dypsis lutescens
31
Dypsis madagascariensis
31
Dypsis pembana
35, 50, 68
Dypsis pilulifera
35, 68
Dypsis prestoniana
68
Dypsis procera
68
Dypsis psammophila
68
Dypsis soanieranae
68
Dypsis utilis
68
Dypsis sp. ‘ambanja’
68
Dypsis sp. ‘bef’
68
Dypsis sp. ‘Mayotte Island’
66
Dypsis sp.
50
Euterpe edulis
68
Gaussia attenuata
50
Gaussia princeps
50
Hemithrinax ekmaniana
31, 68
Heterospathe cagayanensis
68
Heterospathe minor
66
Heterospathe salomonensis
66
Howea forsteriana
68
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NOTES
PLANTS
VENDOR #
Hydriastele beguinii
68
Hydriastele pinangoides
68
Hyophorbe lagenicaulis
31
Hyophorbe verschaffeltii
31
Iguanura bicornis
68
Iguanura curvata
68
Iguanura myochodoides
68
Iguanura tenuis
68
Iguanura wallichiana
68
Iriartea deltoidea
68
Itaya amicorum
35
Johannesteijsmannia altifrons
35, 66, 68
Johannesteijsmannia magnifica
35
Johannesteijsmannia perakensis
35
Kentiopsis oliviformis
35, 66, 68
Kentiopsis pyriformis
66
Kerriodoxa elegans
35
Lanonia dasyantha
f/k/a Licuala radula
35, 68
Latania lontaroides
31
Lemurophoenix halleuxii
68
Leucothrinax morrisii
31, 66
Licuala aurantiaca
68
Licuala concinna
68
Licuala elegans
35
Licuala ferruginea
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68
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NOTES
PLANTS
VENDOR #
Licuala grandis
35, 66, 68
Licuala mattanensis ‘mapu’
68
Licuala peltata
66
Licuala peltata var. ‘sumawongii’
50, 68
Licuala poonsaki
68
Licuala ramsayi
35
Licuala ramsayi ‘tuckerii’
68
Licuala sallehanai
35
Livistona fulva
50
Livistona nitida
50
Livistona rigida
50
Livistona saribus
50
Livistona speciosa
50
Neoveitchia storckii
35
Nephrosperma vanhoutteanum
68
Normanbya normanbyi
66
Pelagodoxa henryana
35
Phoenicophorium borsigianum
35, 68
Phoenix acaulis
50
Phoenix dactylifera
31
Phoenix roebelenii
31
Phoenix sylvestris
31
Pigafetta filaris
35
Pinanga caesia
68
Pinanga coronata
35, 68
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NOTES
PLANTS
VENDOR #
Pinanga crassipes
68
Pinanga glaucifolia
68
Pinanga maculata
35
Pinanga patula
68
Pinanga philippinensis
35
Pinanga watanaiana
35
Pinanga sp. 'Thai Mottled'
68
Pritchardia hillebrandii
68
Pritchardia pacifica
50
Pseudophoenix ekmanii
66
Pseudophoenix lediniana
35
Pseudophoenix sargentii
31, 66
Pseudophoenix sargentii
subsp. saonae var. navassana
50, 66
Pseudophoenix vinifera
66
Ptychosperma elegans
31
Ptychosperma macarthurii
31
Ptychosperma salomonense
66
Ptychosperma schefferi
66
Ptychosperma waitianum
68
Reinhardtia sp. ‘new’
68
Rhapis excelsa
31, 66, 68
Rhapis excelsa 'variegated'
35, 66
Rhapis excelsa 'Super Dwarf'
68
Rhapis multifida
66
Rhopalostylis sp.
35
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NOTES
PLANTS
VENDOR #
Roscheria melanochaetes
68
Roystonea regia
31, 66
Sabal maritima
50
Sabal mauritiiformis
66, 68
Sabal mexicana
50
Sabal minor
50
Sabal palmetto
31
Sabal palmetto ‘Lisa’
35
Sabinaria magnifica
35
Salacca dransfieldiana
35
Salacca magnifica
35
Satakentia liukiuensis
35
Schippia concolor
31
Sereona repens var. cinerea
31
Syagrus botryophora
50
Syagrus cearensis
50
Syagrus costae
50
Syagrus romanzoffiana
31
Syagrus X costae
(S. coronata X oleracea)
50
Synechanthus fibrosus
68
Veitchia arecina
f/k/a V. montgomeryana
31
Verschaffeltia splendida
35, 68
Wodyetia bifurcata
31, 66
Zombia antillarum
31, 66, 68
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NOTES
PLANTS
VENDOR #
Cycads
Ceratozamia kuesteriana
66
Cycas debaoensis
68
Dioon edule
31, 68
Dioon edule var. ‘Palma Sola’
66
Dioon merolae
66
Dioon rezedowskii
66
Dioon spinulosum
31, 68
Encephalartos arenarius
68
Encephalartos ferox
68
Encephalartos gratus
31, 68
Encephalartos hildebrandtii
66
Encephalartos horridus
68
Encephalartos lehmannii
68
Encephalartos msinganus
68
Encephalartos sclavoi
68
Encephalartos trispinosus
68
Encephalartos whitelockii
68
Zamia fischeri
31
Zamia furfuracea
31
Zamia inermis
68
Zamia pumila
31
Zamia standleyi
66
Zamia tuerckheimii
66
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Coccothrinax litoralis
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