Rare Coccothrinax Borhidiana Palm Species - Endangered Beauty in Cuba

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HTTP://WWW.PALMPEDIA.NET/WIKI/COCCOTHRINAX_BORHIDIANA COCCOTHRINAX BORHIDIANA HTTP://RAREPALM.COM/COCCOTHRINAX-BORHIDIANA/ Conservation Status: Seriously endangered. Trunk type: Solitary. Leaf detail: Palmately compound. A small to medium sized palm, with a slender trunk, which is covered in a fibrous "cloth". It has a crown of closely spaced, thick, rigid, leathery, circular, dark green leaves, which are on short petioles

Vegetation, mostly around a small beach areas, in northern Cuba. . Requirements: Full sun, fair to moderate water, well drained position. Very slow growing. Comments and Curiosities To those who have seen this very rare palm in the flesh, it easily surpasses any other Coccothrinax in appearance, including the famed C. crinita. Native only to a small beach area in the north of Cuba, where it grows in stunted coastal vegetation, it is seriously threatened with extinction. It is a smallish palm with a slender trunk thickly clothed in a coat of undulated fibers, topped by a very dense crown of closely spaced, circular, rigid, thick and leathery, dark green leaves that are held on short petioles.) http://www.palmpedia.net/wiki/Coccothrinax_borhidiana La Habana Botanical Garden, Cuba. Photo by Jason Schoneman

COCCOTHRINAX BORHIDIANA, O.MUIZ; ARECACEAE HTTP://TROPICAL.THEFERNS.INFO/VIEWTROPICAL.PHP?ID=COCCOTHRINAX+BORHIDIANA Coccothrinax borhidiana General Information Coccothrinax borhidiana is a solitary-stemmed, evergreen palm growing from 1 - 7 metres tall. The unbranched stem can be 8 - 20cm in diameter; it is topped by a crown of closely spaced, thick, rigid, leathery, circular, dark green leaves which are on short petioles[ Small fruiting plant at Montgomery Botanical Center, Miami, FL, USA Photograph by: Scott Zona Creative Commons Attribution 2.0

The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a source of material for thatching. Regarded by many as the most attractive member of the genus, and very much prized by collectors, it is sometimes grown as an ornamental in gardens. This beautiful palm is restricted to a small coastal area of Cuba and is in danger of extinction[ There are only about 250 adult plants in the wild and these are threatened by fire, road construction and nearby oil extraction[. It has not been eveluated for the IUCN Red List[

Common Name Borhidi Palm Solitary, fan-leafed palm, which maintains petticoat of old leaves. Trunk is 3 to 4 inches thick & leaves very stiff. Overall height is 10 to 12 feet with spread of 6 feet. RequirementsPrefers alkaline to neutral, very well drained soil. Growth rate very slow. Can tolerate short cold snaps into high 20s. Good salt tolerance. Country of OriginCuba Cold Tolerance28 Sun NeedsFull Sun Water NeedsLittle https://dasignsourcebotanicals.com/plant/coccothrinax-borhidiana/

200622-COCCOTHRINAX * PALMBEACH HTTP://WWW.PALMBEACHPALMCYCADSOCIETY.COM/PALMS/DOCUMENTS/COCCOTHRINAXBORHIDIA NA.PDF GROWING Coccothrinax borhidiana IN PALM BEACH COUNTY Submitted by Dale Holton I first saw Coccothrinax borhidiana on one of my early trips to Cuba. I must say that I was truly amazed. They looked like miniature Petticoat Palms (Copernecia Macrogolsa). The palms grew on a very remote coastal shelf on the North coast that consisted of what is referred to as Dog Tooth limestone. This is limestone that is very rough and full of fissures. It is somewhat difficult to walk on. This area was about 50-60 feet above the ocean. The palms were scattered at the bottom of a hill and across the shelf. There may have been as many as 100 plants, with most of them being small plants. The largest plants were about 12 feet tall. On later visits to the same area, I was distressed to see a large number of large trailers parked near the area. This area contains oil, and the trailers were for workers that were going to drill wells. I have heard that the area is now dotted with oil wells and I do not know the fate of those very rare palms. Hopefully they are being protected, as this is the only colony on the entire island. All of the plants that I have (except for new seedlings) are from those wild plants. I have found them to be painfully slow growing. I have grown them in my regular potting soil and also in pea rock. The ones in pea rock seem to grow slower, but have less nutritional problems.

200622-COCCOTHRINAX * PALMBEACH HTTP://WWW.PALMBEACHPALMCYCADSOCIETY.COM/PALMS/DOCUMENTS/COCCOTHRINAXBORHIDIA NA.PDF GROWING Coccothrinax borhidiana IN PALM BEACH COUNTY Submitted by Dale Holton Over the years, I have noticed another problem which I call SPD (sudden plant death). So far I have not seen this in the plants which are in the pea rock. Also the original seeds germinated over a period of 3 years. This is very unusual for Coccothrinax as usually the seeds rot after the first year. My plants in the ground are 18 inches to 6 feet tall. They have been in the ground 10-12 years, except for one or two replacements. This area of my yard was not irrigated until this year. The area these palms come from experiences 5-6 months with very little rainfall every year. I also put a large amount of limestone rock into the planting area before planting. I do not cut off the old leaves, so they look like they would in habitat. The two largest plants have been flowering for the last three years. They get fertilized about twice a year. These are stunning plants and do very well in South Florida. As I raise more plants, the price should come down. The big problem is to be sure that there are no other Coccothrinax flowering at the same time. They will readily hybridize. Coccothrinax borhidiana (left

200622Coccothrinax PalmSpGroup http://www.virtualherbarium.org/psg/flagship/coccothrinax_borhidiana.html Coccothrinax borhidiana O. Mu iz Common name: yuraguano Status: Critically endangered (CR) Natural Range Coccothrinax borhidiana is confined to a small coastal area named Punta Guanos, west of Matanzas Bay, along the northern coast of Cuba, part of the Caribbean Hotspot. It is restricted to coastal dry scrub vegetation on limestone terraces in a strip of about 8 ha along the coast. The actual population comprises 252 adult palms.

200622Coccothrinax PalmSpGroup http://www.virtualherbarium.org/psg/flagship/coccothrinax_borhidiana.html Recognition Characteristics Coccothrinax borhidiana is a fan palm growing 2 4 m tall. The trunk, 7 or 8 cm of diameter, bears a dense skirt of dead (marcescent) leaves, which gives this palm very distinctive appearance unlike other Coccothrinax species. The leaves are orbicular, rigid, grayish-green on both sides, with 19 22 segments, with petioles ending in a fibrous sheath that has the appearance of a coarsely woven fabric. The inflorescence is ascending and compact. The tiny, yellowish-white flowers are bisexual. The fruits are 0.5 0.7 cm in diameter, almost round, and purple-black at maturity.

200622Coccothrinax PalmSpGroup http://www.virtualherbarium.org/psg/flagship/coccothrinax_borhidiana.html Natural History This peculiar palm was discovered in 1970 by the late Cuban botanist O. Mu z, who named the new species after Atila Borhidi, a well-known Hungarian botanist who has conducted extensive research on the Cuban flora and vegetation. Nothing is known nor documented about any human use of this palm, as its native locality was well hidden and the locality poorly known. Neither the pollination biology of C. borhidiana nor its dispersal agents have been studied. Flowering occurs mainly in the summer wet season. Germination takes place in 2 or 3 months after fruit collection, and ex situ germination studies report a germination rate of 32 44%. The seeds are often parasitized by a beetle (Coccotrypes dactyliperda: Scolytidae) that can damage up to 50% of the seed crop.

200622Coccothrinax PalmSpGroup http://www.virtualherbarium.org/psg/flagship/coccothrinax_borhidiana.html Threats to Survival Fire, road construction and nearby oil extraction are the greatest threats to survival of Coccothrinax borhidiana. The very small population size adds to the level of threat to this palm, which is found nowhere else along the northern coast west of Matanzas Bay, even in the same ecosystem. Current Conservation Measures Although the place, Punta Guanos, has had official conservation status in the province since 1984. The Matanzas Botanic Garden staff is taking effective actions for conserving both the natural population and ex situ cultivation of this remarkable species. On behalf of C. borhidiana, the Matanzas Botanic Garden is providing information on the importance and risks for the species, as well as environmental education of children and youth in schools.

200622Coccothrinax PalmSpGroup http://www.virtualherbarium.org/psg/flagship/coccothrinax_borhidiana.html Additional Necessary Conservation Actions The conservation strategy of Coccothrinax borhidiana could also include the possible introduction of it into a similar ecosystems in northwest coast of Matanzas. It would need the production of plants through massive collection and germination of seed from the natural population. The ex situ collection at Jard n Bot nico Nacional (Habana, Cuba) includes three seed-producing palms and could also be used for germplasm production. Scientific Contributor Dr. Angela Leiva S nchez, Jard n Bot nico Nacional, Cuba References Borhidi A., N. Imchanitzkaja, & O. Mu iz. 1978. Dendrological novelties in the flora of Cuba. Acta Agronom. Acad. Sci. Hung. 27: 437. Borhidi, A. 1991. Phytogeography and Vegetation Ecology of Cuba. Akademiai. Kiad Budapest. Castillo, E., E. Sordo, R. Batista & R. L pez (unpublished). Coccothrinax borhidiana Mu iz. Caracter sticas del fruto, semilla y crecimiento de plantas en vivero. Enr quez A., L. Robledo & R. Cruz. (in press) Notas sobre la distribuci n y conservaci n de Coccothrinax borhidiana en Cuba. Revista Jard. Bot. Nac. Univ. Habana

HTTP://WWW.PACSOA.ORG.AU/W/INDEX.PHP?TITLE=COCCOTHRINAX_BORHIDIANA COCCOTHRINAX BORHIDIANA Borhidis Guano Palm Seriously endangered. Only found growing in limestone based soils, in stunted coastal vegetation around a small beach in northern Cuba. Rolf Kyburz, , (Figure 1).

HTTP://WWW.PACSOA.ORG.AU/W/INDEX.PHP?TITLE=COCCOTHRINAX_BORHIDIANA COCCOTHRINAX BORHIDIANA A small to medium sized palm with a slender trunk which is covered in a fibrous "cloth". It has a crown of closely spaced, thick, rigid, leathery, circular, dark green leaves which are on short petioles. Regarded as the most attractive of the Coccothrinax, and very much prized by collectors Sunny, moist, but well drained position. Very slow growing Allan Bredeson (Figure 2).

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