PACSOA - Coccothrinax borhidiana

Palms

Coccothrinax borhidiana

Common Names:
Borhidis Guano Palm
Conservation Status:
Seriously endangered.
Distribution & Habitat:
Only found growing in limestone based soils, in stunted coastal vegetation around a small beach in northern Cuba.
Description:
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.
General:
Regarded as the most atttractive of the Coccothrinax, and very much prized by collectors.
Culture:
Sunny, moist, but well drained position. Very slow growing.

Figure 1. C. borhidiana in Cuba.

Figure 2. Young C. borhidiana

Contributed by: Rolf Kyburz, K-Palms, (Figure 1).
Allan Bredeson (Figure 2).

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Contributed by:	Rolf Kyburz, K-Palms, (Figure 1).
	Allan Bredeson (Figure 2).