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Stopped by to take a look at a few jxbf1. A few of these are getting pretty big @ close to 5'+ diameter.  Just as big as the fattest jubaea I've seen. 

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Thanks for sharing, @TexasColdHardyPalms!  Wonderful palm!  A lot of Jubaea in there!

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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It does look like what I picture a jxbf1 should look like. A pregnant pindo right now. Was this a manual cross pollination? Jubaea is very dominant in trunk. Can’t see the overall crown or leaf detail. Anymore info On these Or pictures? ? Location.? I see a lot of sandy loam. Most palms love that if they have drip irrigation water. Are any coming to Texas?

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Some seed pics. Also managed to score a several hundred butia Paraguayensis seed.  

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On 10/10/2020 at 8:27 PM, TexasColdHardyPalms said:

Stopped by to take a look at a few jxbf1. A few of these are getting pretty big @ close to 5'+ diameter.  Just as big as the fattest jubaea I've seen. 

20201010_124445.jpg

The palm also looks to be getting big! Wow!

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8 hours ago, TexasColdHardyPalms said:

Some seed pics. Also managed to score a several hundred butia Paraguayensis seed.  

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This is interesting because these BxJ F2 seeds resemble the "grandmother" Butia seeds more closely and the JxB F2 seeds resemble the "grandmother" Jubaea seeds.  I have a BxJ F2 juvenile that looks exactly like pure Butia and displays Butia growth speed.  Makes sense.  And it was nice of Spiderman to pose in the first photo for you!  :laugh2:

Jon Sunder

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I have an f1 j x b that looks like a pure butia. I'd call anyone a liar that told me it was a jxb but I sprouted it from a jubaea seed myself so I have to believe it. 

Over the past few years while walking through lotus land and a few other grow areas with 40+ mature palms ive learned that f1 hybrids can vary almost as much as a pure butia. Basically anything with butia genes can span the entire spectrum of physical attributes.  Cocosoid hybridization is a crapshoot. 

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I also gathered several thousand jubaea seed so texas will get another few thousand jubaea planted over the next few years, plus 20-30 more f1 hybrids based on historical natural hybrids.

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