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What is this palm my neighbor is selling?

PhilippineExpat

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My neighbor calls them fishtail palms, but they play fast and loose with plant names around here lol. She says once it grows more it'll have a bamboo looking trunk.

I tried to upload the pics here but it's bot working, so here is a link to them: https://imgur.com/gallery/lVrrU4A

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It looks like some kind of caryota. I don’t know which one though. 

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Keep in mind Caryota palms are not particularly long lived, twenty to twenty five years at best and then they set seed and begin to decline.

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3 hours ago, Mangosteen said:

Keep in mind Caryota palms are not particularly long lived, twenty to twenty five years at best and then they set seed and begin to decline.

...and in my case much sooner. Caryota in my yard have grown exceptionally fast, flowered, and fruited in as little as 8-10 years and slowly declined. I don’t bother with them any longer. I still have a few but won’t replace them with more. 

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On 2/16/2020 at 11:08 AM, Stevetoad said:

It looks like some kind of caryota. I don’t know which one though. 

Thanks! I'm glad it is what the seller claimed.

 

6 hours ago, Mangosteen said:

Keep in mind Caryota palms are not particularly long lived, twenty to twenty five years at best and then they set seed and begin to decline.

It's okay. My wife and I plan to live in our home for only 10-15 years. Then again, when does life ever go to plan?

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Caryota cumingii I reckon.

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Caryota 

look like single trunk types

be careful where you plant

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10 hours ago, DoomsDave said:

Caryota 

look like single trunk types

be careful where you plant

We ended up buying one for $4 and planted it as far from our house as we could (though our yard isn't exactly huge). Hopefully it won't get too tall before it flowers so it can be removed easily. My neighbor said it was already several years old. It's about 6.5 feet tall from the ground to the top of the leaf, but I bet it would be much larger by now if it was growing in the ground. It had the worst case of mealy bugs and bound roots I have ever seen. Poor palm :( 

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