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Possible Saba yapa x palmetto???

Eric in Orlando

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Eric in Orlando

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Saturday I visited Mackay Gardens in Lake Alfred, FL, about 60 miles south of Orlando. It is the former estate of Alexander Mackay, a Scottish businessman. He had a house built in 1915 and hired John Morley, a British botanist to design the gardens. Morley was friends with David Fairchild and DF. would send him plants to try out.

There are some old palms there one specimen really intrigued me. It looks like a Sabal palmetto but the inflorescences extend beyond the foliage. There is a tall mature Sabal yapa on the grounds not real far away. Could this palm be a hybrid between S. palmetto and S. yapa? 

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Eric

Orlando, FL

zone 9b/10a

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Eric in Orlando Grand Master

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Here is the Sabal yapa... 

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Eric

Orlando, FL

zone 9b/10a

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Interesting palm and location.  I suppose they could verify a hybrid with genetic testing?

Lakeland, FL

USDA Zone 1990: 9a  2012: 9b  2023: 10a | Sunset Zone: 26 | Record Low: 20F/-6.67C (Jan. 1985, Dec.1962) | Record Low USDA Zone: 9a

30-Year Avg. Low: 30F | 30-year Min: 24F

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Nice pics of a possible cool looking hybid. I especially like the one from right underneath the palm nice work 

T J 

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I doubt there is an available genetic marker system, not yet.  The palm seems to be more attractive than  either parent, its a nice sabal!

Formerly in Gilbert AZ, zone 9a/9b. Now in Palmetto, Florida Zone 9b/10a??

 

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