Butia yatay in the center of Rio Grande do Sul

[kelen]

I found a different Butia yatay form in the center of state of Rio Grande do Sul. It's a isolated population. During some time, I thought that it was B. paraguayesis becouse is very different of Butia yatay from Butiazal de Coatepe (next to Uruguai). Dr. Noblick concluded that, despite different, it is B. yatay.

[kelen]

This form is very beautiful. More tropical I think

[kelen]

http://www.plantarum.org.br/jdbotanico/ind...m&Itemid=27

[kelen]

trunk

[freakypalmguy]

Very nice Kelen, it does have a different look to it, the fronds remind me of a Butyagrus. That trunk shot is very interesting as well, it's got a very rough look to it and you can just see how the leaf bases are arranged in a spiral pattern ascending the trunk.

Do you have a closer shot of the trunk? and maybe one of the petioles?

Matt

[Nigel]

Kelen, we saw Butia with fruits and seeds like this in south central RS. The flower was clearly NOT yatay. We only found them in cultivation and not in the wild, we really needed to find a wild population. Did you get a picture of the flower ? On what basis does Dr Noblick think its yatay . I would really like to see the flowers, because yatay has a very distinctive enlarged female compared to capitata.

[merrill]

Hi, Nigel!

Some of these particular B. yatay have very densely appressed leaf bases, unlike mine or any others I've seen, suggesting either more leaves or slower growth. You've made some interesting observations, as is often the case!

Best Wishes, merrill

[kelen]

Kelen, we saw Butia with fruits and seeds like this in south central RS. The flower was clearly NOT yatay. We only found them in cultivation and not in the wild, we really needed to find a wild population. Did you get a picture of the flower ? On what basis does Dr Noblick think its yatay . I would really like to see the flowers, because yatay has a very distinctive enlarged female compared to capitata.

Really, there are a lot of Butia capitata cultivated in center of Rio Grande do Sul, but the seeds are round.

I thought that was a B. paraguayensis because this specie I still don't know. So, I sent some pictures to Harry Lorenzi and he came to Rio Grande do Sul to see this Butia, he collected some leaves and infrutescence, and talk about with Noblick. Dr. Noblick think is B. yatay, in depite all differeces.

I still don't have flowers picture, only fruits and seeds.

[kelen]

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