Sabal minor Welfare Caesalpinia who discovered it in his

who discovered it in his cut foliage fields

Rosettes of broad green foliage are a bit like a small Hosta though the leaves of Calanthe are pleasantly pleated

an easy-to-grow first cousin to the famed aroid Dracunculus vulgaris

and Sea of Japan side of Honshu

this mallow relative is everblooming

Sabal minor Welfare Caesalpinia who discovered it in hisSabal minor 'Welfare' is from a very interesting population of sabals growing in the Kendall County, Texas ghost town of Welfare. These poor scrub palms are growing in mostly open grassland, with many trunked specimens reaching 8' in height. It's possible these are another remnant population of hybrids between Sabal minor and Sabal mexicana, but who knows. Thanks to Texas plantsman Steve Lowe for sharing seed so we could make these oddities available.