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[Nostradamus]

Coconut PalmScientific Name: Cocos nucifera L.
Cocos nucifera

Size: Depending on the variety, up to 70 feet (21 m)
Min. Temperature: 30°F (-1°C) The "Green Maypan" variety has been reported surviving 26°F (-3°C)
Water Requirements: Moderate water
Sun Requirements: Full sun
Origin: Unknown, present all around the world, in tropical areas
Germination: Planted with husk and fresh, takes several months.
Leaf: Pinnate, 20 to 30 regular shaped, light green leaves. 150 to 200 thin leaflets,, up to 15 feet long (4.5 m). 3 to 4 feet long (0.9 to 1.2 m).
Trunk: no crownshaft., Often leaning, ringed, up to 2 feet in diameter (60 cm).
Flower: Male and female white flowers on the same inflorescence. Flower stalk coming from among the lower leaves.
Fruit: brown when ripe. up to 1 foot in diameter. round.
Seed:

 

[Nostradamus]

Copernicia albaScientific Name: Copernicia alba Morong
Copernicia alba

Min. Temperature: 28°F (-2°C)
Water Requirements: Regular water
Sun Requirements: Light shade
Origin: Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
Leaf: Costapalmate,
Fruit:
Seed:

 

[Nostradamus]

Bailey's Copernicia PalmScientific Name: Copernicia baileyana Leon
Copernicia baileyana

Size: Slowly up to 50 feet tall (15 m) Up to 20 feet in diameter (6 m)
Min. Temperature: 28°F (-2°C)
Water Requirements: Regular water
Sun Requirements: Light shade to full sun
Origin: Cuba
Germination: Slowly germinating (to 3 month), slowly growing
Leaf: Costapalmate, 50 leaves covered with a layer of wax. 100 or more leaflets, split at their end. The leaf stem continues inside the leaf for 2 to 5 inches., 5 feet wide (1.5 m). up to 5 feet long (1.5 m).
Trunk: Smooth, gray, petticoat of dead leaves and leaf bases at the top of the trunk, up to 5 feet in diameter (1.5 m).
Flower: Cream colored bisexual flowers. Flower stalk coming from among the leaves, 5 to 7 feet long.
Fruit: Brown when ripe. 0.75 to 1 inch long (2 to 2.5 cm). Round to oval.
Seed: round, with some wrinkle.

 

[Nostradamus]

Copernicia berteroanaScientific Name: Copernicia berteroana Becc.
Copernicia berteroana

Min. Temperature: 28°F (-2°C)
Water Requirements: Regular water
Sun Requirements: Light shade
Origin: Hispaniola
Leaf: Costapalmate,
Fruit:
Seed:

 

[Nostradamus]

Hospita palmScientific Name: Copernicia hospita Mart.
Synonym: Copernicia yarey
Copernicia hospita

Size: Slowly up to 50 feet (15 m) up to 16 feet in diameter (5 m)
Min. Temperature: 27°F (-2.5°C)
Water Requirements: Moderate
Sun Requirements: Full sun to light shade
Origin: Cuba
Germination: The seeds take up to 3 months to germinate, the seedlings grow slowly.
Leaf: Costapalmate, Blue green waxy leaves, 18 to 30 segments, strongly costapalmate, very visibly wedge shaped., up to 7 feet long (2 m), 2 feet wide (60 cm). 3 to 4 feet, armed.
Trunk: Gray, lightly ringed, petticoat of dead leaves at the top,
Flower: Bisexual brown flowers. Flower stalk coming from among the leaves, 6 feet long (1.8 m).
Fruit: green. 0.4 inch (1 c

 

[Nostradamus]

Carnauba Wax PalmScientific Name: Copernicia prunifera (Mill.) H.E. Moore
Copernicia prunifera

Size: Up to 30 feet high (9 m) up to 14 feet in diameter (4 m)
Min. Temperature: 28°F (-2°C)
Water Requirements: Regular water
Sun Requirements: Full sun to light shade
Origin: Northeastern Brazil
Germination: up to 3 months
Leaf: Costapalmate, 20 to 30 very waxy, blue green leaves. 30 to 60 narrow leaflets barely split at their tips., 3 to 4 feet wide. to 3 feet long (90 cm), armed.
Trunk: gray, characteristical pattern of leaf bases persist for a while.,
Flower: Brown bisexual flowers. Flower stalk coming from among the leaves, 5 to 7 feet long.
Fruit: brown. 1 inch long (2.5 cm).
Seed:

 

[Nostradamus]

Talipot PalmScientific Name: Corypha umbraculifera
Corypha umbraculifera

Size: Up to 80 feet tall (24 m) Up to 50 feet in diameter (15 m)
Min. Temperature: 28°F (-3°C)
Water Requirements: Regular water
Sun Requirements: Full sun
Origin: Sri Lanka
Germination: Easy when fresh
Leaf: Palmate, 30 to 40 leaves. Rachis extends in more than half of the length of the leaf. 110 to 130 leaflets with blunt tips that split, Up to 15 feet in diameter. Spiny edge, leafstem bases divided..
Trunk: Covered with old leaf bases, up to 3 feet in diameter (90 cm).
Flower: millions of flowers on a 20 feet flower stalk form when the tree is mature (30 to 80 years old). The tree subsequently dies. Flower stalk coming from the top of the tree.
Fruit: olive colored, slightly glaucous. Up to 1.5 inches in diameter. round.
Seed: round.

 

[Nostradamus]

Cyphophoenix nuceleScientific Name: Cyphophoenix nucele
Cyphophoenix nucele

Min. Temperature: 28°F (-2°C)
Water Requirements: Regular water
Sun Requirements: Light shade
Origin: New Caledonia (Lifou Island)
Leaf: Pinnate, 6 leaves with 70 leaflets,
Trunk: greenish brown crownshaft, ringed, green, slowly turning grey on older trunks,
Fruit:
Seed:

 

[Nostradamus]

Sealing Wax Palm, Rajah PalmScientific Name: Cyrtostachys renda
Synonym: Cyrtostachys lakka
Cyrtostachys renda

Size: Up to 15 feet tall (4.5 m)
Min. Temperature: 44°F (7°C)
Water Requirements: Regular water
Sun Requirements: Light shade
Origin: Malaysia
Germination: The fresher, the quicker, needs heat and will germinate in 2 to 3 months
Leaf: Pinnate, Up to 10 stiff leaves, 3 to 4 feet long (0.9 to 1.2 m). 1 foot long (30 cm), red.
Trunk: clustering Briliant red crownshaft, brownish green, ringed,
Flower: Male and female green flowers on the same inflorescence.. Flower stalk coming from below the crownshaft, red.
Fruit: Black when ripe. 0.75 inches long (2 cm). oval.
Seed: 0.5 inches long (1.2 cm). oval.

 

[Nostradamus]

Princess Palm, Hurricane PalmScientific Name: Dictyosperma album
Dictyosperma album

Size: Slowly up to 30 feet (9 m) up to 18 feet in diameter (5.4 m)
Min. Temperature: 30°F (-1°C)
Water Requirements: Regular water, and high humidity
Sun Requirements: Light shade
Origin: Mascarene Islands
Germination: 2 to 4 months
Leaf: Pinnate, 10 to 20 leaves, each with 120 leaflets, green on top, brown scales on the bottom., up to 12 feet long (3.6 m). unarmed, 8 to 12 inches (20 to 30 cm).
Trunk: Crownshaft, Gray, swollen at the base, with vertical fissure, 8 inches (20 cm) in diameter.
Flower: Cream to red, male and female flowers on the same inflorescence.. Flower stalk coming from below the crownshaft, 18 inches long (45 cm).
Fruit: Reddish black when ripe. 0.75 inches long. oval.
Seed: oval, pointed, with ridge from one end to the next.