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ID Help, Dasylirion?


Cycadsavy

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Hello Palmtalk Team,

I purchased this plant a couple years ago as a Dasylirion Longissimum seedling.  The leaves at this point really look nothing like the longissimum.  Is this in fact a longissimum, or could it possibly be some form of Nolina, or some thing else?

Thank you,

 

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1 hour ago, Cycadsavy said:

Hello Palmtalk Team,

I purchased this plant a couple years ago as a Dasylirion Longissimum seedling.  The leaves at this point really look nothing like the longissimum.  Is this in fact a longissimum, or could it possibly be some form of Nolina, or some thing else?

Thank you,

 

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Thinking Nolina ..or Beaucarnea, imo. Dasy. L. leaves are much skinnier, even as seedlings.

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On 10/25/2020 at 8:03 AM, Cycadsavy said:

I purchased this plant a couple years ago as a Dasylirion Longissimum seedling.  The leaves at this point really look nothing like the longissimum.  Is this in fact a longissimum, or could it possibly be some form of Nolina, or some thing else?

Definitely not Dasylirion longissimum so it was clearly labeled incorrectly.  Below is a D longissumum that I keep trimmed because I don't want it crowding some adjacent plants.  Each "leaf" is like a stiff blade of grass, more rounded than flattened like the plant you have.  It does look a lot like a young Beaucarnea recurvata to me, in which case you would see the bulbous trunk form soon if that is an accurate id.  I'm not familiar with Nolina to compare that to the Beaucarnea alternative.

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This is a striking plant.  Have they ever succeeded in Florida? 

So many species,

so little time.

Coconut Creek, Florida

Zone 10b (Zone 11 except for once evey 10 or 20 years)

Last Freeze: 2011,50 Miles North of Fairchilds

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I should have put in Dasylirion in my question.  I see small ones propagated but don't see any big ones for sale.

So many species,

so little time.

Coconut Creek, Florida

Zone 10b (Zone 11 except for once evey 10 or 20 years)

Last Freeze: 2011,50 Miles North of Fairchilds

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