Amazing pics. Those are very healthy, and big too!

I saw a huge sabal once in the carribean. No trunk at all, but the leaves were probably 12 feet tall. I think it might have been in St. Thomas. I'll see if I can find the pic.

Good luck and thanks for sharing the pics!

What height, do you also grow them at home in FL?

No doubt about it Jay, they are beauties!

HERES THATS SABAL I WAS TALKING ABOUT. IT WAS TAKEN LAST SUMMER IN ST THOMAS.

Can anyone ID it? Its a little hard to get a good idea abotu what the leaves look like because its very exposed to the wind and some of the leaves got a little tattered.

Nice pics
Thanks for posting that.
You would have better luck posting that last pic on EPS site.

tropicalzone7: thanks for posting those follow-up pics. That little cruise ship mall (I recognize it) had a lot of naturalized Sabals seeding in from a few mature ones. The big Sabals are so uncommonly planted because of the slow initial growth rate, I just haven't seen enough to call them, but I'm sure those are not Sabal palmetto in your pics.

brooklyngreg: I would guess the height of those tall causiarums to be about 50 feet. I would estimate the ones I'm growing to be about 6 inches tall:) I germinated them a few months ago.

jimhardy: Thanks. What is EPS? I wasn't sure if you were talking about my last pic or tropicalzone7.

-Jay

TZ I saw many of those "King 'size' Sabals" growing in FL. I recall they called them something like king or queen sabal as they we giganic versions of a sabal palmetto.

So far I couldn't locate information on them but the grow all thru Cape Coral FL.

Yep tallafl, you guessed it, it was the cruiseship mall area. Somehow we ended up being the only cruiseship there that day and the town was full of only people from our ship, and the store workers were literally begging for us to come in there stores.
St. thomas is a really beautiful island in my opinion. I didnt see as many cocos as I expected (still alot, but not really LOADED like some other islands), but there were a few very large healthy ones by our boat. As you can see from the back of my pics, the mall area was loaded with christmas palms though.

Good luck everyone!

Beautiful palms, I always love to see sabals. Thanks for posting!