palms in and around sicily

[Ninja]

I was just on vacation in Sicily and Liparian Islands and brought home some souvenirs...
The seeds in the lower part are phoenix dactylifera, phoenix canariensis, trachycarpus fortunei (at leas I hope so..) and chrysalidocarpus
however I don't know about the seeds in the upper part, I'll post pictures of the palms I collected them from/under, I hope some of you can help me identifying those.
the tiny black ones in the middle could be washingtonia?

the ones in the upper right corner are from a palm next to Catania Airport:

fruits were green to black, about half an inch large, the cleaned seeds look like miniature coconuts

the five seeds in the upper left corner are from this one - the leaves looked a bit silvery, the fruits were yellow and quite fleshy (probably you could eat them??)

 

[Ninja]

one more - any idea on that one?

 

[Dypsisdean]

Hey Nina - good finds.

The first pic is of a Queen Palm.
The second - you were right, you can eat them and make good jelly. It is even called a Jelly Palm.
The last one looks to me like a Sabal. There are several species and it would be hard to tell exactly from the pics. But you could look in Palmpedia under Sabal and see if any look familiar.

 

[Moose]

There are lots of cycads around Sicily as well.

 

[Ninja]

There are so so many nice plants there its unbelievable... the side strips of the highways are full with oleander and hibiscus, it's growing like weed there
@Dean - thanks a lot for the information, that's really cool!!! I hope some of the seeds will grow...

 

[Dypsisdean]

There are so so many nice plants there its unbelievable... the side strips of the highways are full with oleander and hibiscus, it's growing like weed there
@Dean - thanks a lot for the information, that's really cool!!! I hope some of the seeds will grow...

I know another island with some nice plants you should visit soon as well.

 

[Ninja]

Holiday plans are in the making!!!
In the meantime the holiday palms are coming along nicely, here's an overeager Trachycarpus (which actually makes me doubt it's a Trachycarpus..)

 

[Dypsisdean]

That's what I heard.

From what I can see, it looks like a Trachy.