San Diego would not be very suitable, however areas slightly inland from the San Francisco Bay area may have the right climate. The genus is made up of two described species shown here. All originating from humid ravines in spectacular sandstone mountains at high elevations where it does not rain for ten months of the year in Ecuador, Bolivia and Columbia. If you can grow coffee outdoors and get a good coffee bean you could probably grow these palms. This genus is probably most closely related to Jubaea or Syagrus.
Inflorescences are interfoliar and erect but become pendulous with set of fruit.
Butia capitata or Jelly palm also called Pindo palm. Canary Island date palms also known as Phoenix canariensis . Mediterranean fan palm shown as chamaerops humilis. Livistona Blackburn and Livistona decipiens as well as Livistona rigida and chinesis are shown. Japanese dwarf palm culture with the Rhapis family of palms.