Palm ID please

[Patrick Palms]

I was sold this palm as a Areca..but someone suggested it might be a Kentia or Dypsis Lut..????

 

[tropicbreeze]

Looks like Dypsis lutescens, Golden Cane Palm. I've noticed on some forums people calling this "Areca" as a common name saying the plant came with that label. It's a bit unfortunate and confusing when a plant is labelled with a name from a totally unrelated genus.

[tim_brissy_13]

Any chance there's two different species here? I see 4 trunks, the 2 on the left look like Howea f and the 2 on the right look like they are crownshafted palms, possibly D lutescens. Can you get a closer shot of the bases?

[gilles06]

Howea forestiana

[doranakandawatta]

It's a starting palm ! but other pictures may help, if you can say from where you got it also.

 

[PalmatierMeg]

A true Areca sp probably can't survive even indoors in northern Europe. I have trouble keeping most species alive long term outdoors here so have to keep them potted. They are highly prone to spider mites in winter

[doranakandawatta]

16 minutes ago, PalmatierMeg said:

A true Areca sp probably can't survive even indoors in northern Europe. I have trouble keeping most species alive long term outdoors here so have to keep them potted. They are highly prone to spider mites in winter

Meg,

From other posts I think Patrick Palms is growing his palms on Canaries Island.

[Patrick Palms]

 

2 hours ago, doranakandawatta said:

Meg,

From other posts I think Patrick Palms is growing his palms on Canaries Island.

yes. All my palms being grown in Fuerteventura, Canary islands.  Sub Tropical climate.

[Patrick Palms]

It does look a bit like a Kentia. Yet label says Areca..??

[tim_brissy_13]

Definitely Kentia from that photo

[dwimss]

5 hours ago, Patrick Palms said:

 

yes. All my palms being grown in Fuerteventura, Canary islands.  Sub Tropical climate.

thats a howea forsteriana (Kentia Palm)

[PalmatierMeg]

12 hours ago, doranakandawatta said:

Meg,

From other posts I think Patrick Palms is growing his palms on Canaries Island.

I doubt most Areca spp can survive in the Canary Islands either but I'd love to be proved wrong.

[Patrick Palms]

4 hours ago, PalmatierMeg said:

I doubt most Areca spp can survive in the Canary Islands either but I'd love to be proved wrong.

This because too hot and dry? Why you say that mega? Fuerteventura has same climate as Miami