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Palm Id help


Reyes Vargas

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Hello I need help with the identification of this palm.  Another member told me that this looked more like a filibusta than a filifera.  How would you go about telling them apart?  Any help would be appreciated.

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The girth of the trunk suggests it has at least some filifera in it.

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Ben Rogers

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5 hours ago, Reyes Vargas said:

Hello I need help with the identification of this palm.  Another member told me that this looked more like a filibusta than a filifera.  How would you go about telling them apart?

Check the leaf bases where they attach to the trunk.  If you see any red/reddish brown coloring it's filibusta.  To me the leaves of pure filifera look more greyish and you'd see more of the cottony fibers.  They hybridize so easily that the majority of palms sold are actually hybrid filibusta.  But Ben is right, the thick trunk shows that it has a lot of filifera in it.  Check the following link for more details:

http://palmvrienden.net/gblapalmeraie/2017/07/05/how-to-recognize-the-difference-between-washingtonia-filifera-and-robusta/

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Jon Sunder

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I'm going to have to take a closer look at the fronds tomorrow to see what I have.  It's more likely than not that I have a hybrid.

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filifera 

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@Jeff985 that palm is some sort of Phoenix hybrid.  I bought those on eBay years ago as rupicola but they are clumping so they can't be rupicola.  My best guess is rupicola x reclinata but that's only a guess.

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I took a few more pictures.  I think I see a little red at the leaf base.  It's a little hard to see since it's a little high.  I'm just going with it being filibusta.  Thanks for all the input.

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