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Interesting Phoenix Canariensis x Sylvestris? Or different hybrid?


Merlyn

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I was out on a bike ride on Saturday and spotted this unusual Phoenix.  At first I thought it was a Butia x Jubaea, so I immediately turned around!  But on getting up close to take pictures and it looks like a Sylvester with something else "bigger" hybridized.  It has a "slightly bigger than Sylvestris" trunk diameter, and the upper leaves are a bit bluish with about a 30 degree V to the leaflets.  Some of the leaflets are "single plane" like a Canary and some are "double plane" like a Sylvester.  The old frond bases are orange but the thorns are solid green. 

Any ideas on parentage of this one, or is Sylvestris x Canariensis the most likely bet?  It really stood out in a neighborhood of very uniformly planted Washingtonia, Butia, Livistona Nitida and Chinensis!

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I am far from expert on Phoenix sylvestris, but this specimen does look to my eyes like a true sylvestris.  I guess you can check true identity yourself by observing flowering time of this particular plant in comparison with other sylvestris specimens in the same region...

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