Chaemerops?

[John Case]

I picked up these 3 palms in a 6 inch pot which was ove3rwatered (and rotting the roots of them) and divided them into the cans you see in the photo.

I am guessing Chamaerops but with the undivided leaves on very long petioles, I am not certain. It took a saw to divide them so it is a clumper.....

What do you think?

[Neil C]

Doesn't quite look right for a Chamaerops. Possibly three young Trachycarpus planted so close together you had to saw them apart? What were they labelled as and were they cheap enough to run out anything too unusual?

Regards Neil

[dalmatiansoap]

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[John Case]

I had to separate the trunks with a handsaw, about 1 1/2 inches think or so....it was the clumping factor that threw me. The petioles are totally unarmed which also makes my think that they are Trachys.....I guess I'll have to wait to see how they grow.

Thanks!

[Neil C]

Just had another think about this palm and there is also the possibility that this could be Chuniophoenix nana. Similiar leaves, not armed and clumping. Would be a good score if you didn't pay much it but it does require alkaline soil. Look it up and see what think.

Regards Neil

[John Case]

I gave the guy 5 bucks.....it is a good deal no matter what.....

[John Case]

After looking at photos in Palmpedia and Dave's Garden, I think that this is not Ch. nana. There is too much fiber on the stems and the leaf morphology seems a little different. I am beginning to think that this is a Trachy that grew together at the bottom. We'll see when it starts growing again in the spring.

Thanks!

[Phoenikakias]

It is definitely a Trachy, but which one? Petioles are very long and I see fur on them. Unless they are stretched because of a shady position, could they be Trachycarpus martianus?

[John Case]

These plants were crammed into a small hard plastic pot under a porch on the north side of a home. They got little if any sun. When I took then out of the pot, the stagnant rot smell was moderately intense. There were 3 or 4 rotted stems that I discarded and saved the 3 steam that I photographed.

They have not shown any wilting as to now and appear to be happy for the moment.

We are cooling in NorCal right now and they are positioned to get about 3-4 hours of sun a day.

I'll keep this thread as active as I can to report any progress.

Thanks to all for your inputs.