Kentia Palm, Sentry Palm, Paradise Palm (Howea forsteriana)

Kentia Palm, Sentry Palm, Paradise Palm
Howea forsteriana

San Diego Botanic Garden

Doesn't look like a Howea. The fronds and that skirt ... Not a Howea I bet.

It was on the label as Howea forsteriana in an area that was quite shady. If not, do you have a suggestion of what you think it is?

Its more of "not a howea" then I know what it is- lol. Sorry. It looks a bit like a Majesty palm. Palmbob would know.
Sometimes,labels are not lined up and its easy to confuse what label goes to what plant.

from the photo it could be a lot of things, but Howea forsteriana is top of my list of possibilities… fruits seem to be hanging from crown like Howea fruits, though seem almost 'too red' (but that is a common photoshop problem… if the photo was enhanced in any way, could be just 'computer red' as I call it)… but Majesty fruits do not usually hang below the crown as they are in this photo, rather within or above crown. Leaves only seem wrong since palm is shot from below. Can't see trunk, either, which would be a dead giveaway for Howea if we could just see it.

OK, I blew up the photo a bit, and got a better shot of some of the flowers (sort of blurry)… the inflorescences are definitely NOT Howea flowers… still, does not tell me what palm IS however. NOT Ravenea rivularis. Where is this palm? Had it not been for dangling dead leaves I would be guessing a King Palm of sorts since fruits are right color, leaves are correct, and so are flowers (like Archontophoenix alexandrae)… but these rarely have retained dead leaves...

Except lack of crownshaft screws that thought up… no idea what plant is actually. If taken outsider the mainland US could be a lot of things I guess.

No contest. I have no idea and went on the label at the San Diego Botanic Garden.

I see you said that already… sorry. Do you recall where in that garden this palm is? This garden has many wrongly labeled plants (more than even the Huntington at least in terms of percentage of overall plants), though they are really good with stuff like Bamboo and natives… not succulents, palms or cycads, though (though someone has corrected most of the cycad errors).

This is how I discover most of these gardens errors.. I post them on Davesgarden and then someone who really knows their stuff points it out to me.. I must have posted over 500 incorrectly labeled plants by now (fortunately I have corrected those that I was notified about). It's a good learning experience, but humbling as well. Just shows me how much of an idiot I am, and keeps me somewhat grounded.

Davesgarden is also rife with gazillions of incorrectly labeled plants which is one of the main complaints about real plant enthusiasts and what keeps these experts from getting too involved in adding photos and being members etc. I have done my small part to correct errors I see, but I really only know a lot of a very narrow spectrum of plants, so unless others are doing what I am (and I know there are many that try), it will always be this way -one of the problems of not having true experts involved in the 'OKing' of images… just no way to get that many true experts.. there is always someone who knows more than you do, but no one who knows about everything.

This photo was taken near a stream of some sort. It was a few years ago. I'm good on whatever you want to do with this photo. If there's no idea, it could be removed. Feel free to do the error report to address this as I have absolutely no clue and you are far more specialized than I am. I'm more familiar with palms that take snow. ;-)

I know where that plant is... will check it out next time I am there (visit that garden at least a few times a year).