Zombia antillarum

Zombie Palm Zombia antillarum
Family: Arecaceae •
Genus: Zombia •
Species: antillarum (L.H. Bailey) •
Country of Origin: Hispaniola •
Common Names: Latanye Zombi, Latanye Pikan, Guanito, Guanillo •

This is my second favorite palm! The trunks of this palm are covered with spines giving it a most unique appearance. As you can these are starting to develop nicely. This plant is also unique because, there is only one species in this genus.

note: Most of my palms are small because of the high cost of these rare specimens but they are growing rapidly and soon enough I'll have some amazing species growing in my personal botanical garden!

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Livistona chinensis

Fountain Palm Livistona chinensis
Family: Arecaceae •
Genus: Livistona •
Species: chinensis (Jacq.) R. Br. ex Mart. •
Country of Origin: China •
Common Names: Chinese fan palm, Fountain palm •

This plant volunteered in my yard which isn't that surprising considering that this is on Florida's invasive species list! None the less this is a beautiful species. And frankly I'm glad it popped up in my yard!

Category II—Species that have shown a potential to disrupt native plant communities. These species may become ranked as Category I, but have not yet demonstrated disruption of natural Florida communities.
from
1999 Invasive Plant List




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Cyrtostachys renda

Red Sealing Wax Palm Cyrtostachys renda
Family: Arecaceae •
Genus: Cyrtostachys •
Species: renda (Blume) •
Country of Origin: Malaysia •
Common Names: Red Sealing Wax Palm •

This is my favorite palm! Can you see why? I bought this as a little seedling for $80.00 This is a tropical palm and it's very sensitive to cold. Large specimens can fetch up to $2000! I planted this in the ground this year as well. Hope we don't have a cold winter this year.



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Dypsis leptocheilos

Teddy Bear Palm Dypsis leptochelios
Family: Arecaceae •
Genus: Dypsis •
Species: leptocheilos (Hodel) Beentje & J.Dransf. •
Country of Origin: Africa •
Common Names: Redneck Palm, Teddy Bear Palm •

I got this nice palm at a Fairchild plant sale. It's very cold sensitive, so it's leaves turn brown when we get a little cold spell. I finally put it in the ground this year maybe it will do better now!



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Licuala grandis

Ruffled Fan Palm Licuala grandis
Family: Arecaceae •
Genus: Licuala •
Species: grandis (H.Wendl.) •
Country of Origin: China •
Common Names: Ruffled Fan Palm, Vanuatu Fan Palm •

Here is a series of posts for all my fans that have been asking about my palms. I'm doing them individually so I can classify them easier. I got this nice Licuala when I bought the book 'Palm Trees A Story in Photographs' by David Leaser. The author David was at Fairchild signing his book and giving a seedling to everyone who purchased it. It's grown alot since then as you can see it is almost ready to go in the ground!



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