Butia i.d.

[frienduvafrond]

I was curious if this might be a butia x jubaea? It is at least a eriospatha hybrid. I was wondering what the many experienced growers here think. Thanks.

[frienduvafrond]

Sorry these pics are a few years old. The palm had a bad winter, and is not lookin so good now. The fruit is yellow.

[frienduvafrond]

The spathe's are tan and are lightly covered with fuzz.

[frienduvafrond]

The seeds

[TexasColdHardyPalms]

No tomentum on the spathe so not Eriospatha.  Seed size looks just like run of the mill odorata in size and shape. Pictures are not very good but leaf bases and overall habit look like a normal odorata, or an attractive Catarensis.   

[frienduvafrond]

Certainly not run of the mill here in nc. The spathe on most butia here are the same color as the fronds, and the seed is smaller and they are orange. I did not know odorata had tan, fuzzy covered spathes. I know it has been posited, that there are not many odorata over this way, I guess that may be it, thanks.

[TexasColdHardyPalms]

Eriospatha and microspadix have fuzzy spathes, no other butia does. Seed size/shape/color doesn't really tell you anything about common butia, unfortunately. It would make it a lot easier if it did.