id phoenix rupicola

[gyuseppe]

have 3 phoenix rupicola, are rupicola 100% ?, hybrid?.

[Don Little]

Gyuseppe

Looks hybrid to me but possibly with roebelini based on the leaf. Roebleinis send up more than one spear at a time unlike yours. I have never had a rupicola seedling however so not sure exactly what a pure rupicola seedling would look like but since Phoenix hybridize so easily I'm guessing yours is a hybrid but maybe an expert will chime in.

Don

[Mark Heath]

Hello Giuseppe,

The P.Rupicola that i have i had bought in a 10 gallon pot. The leaflets were stiffer than the one in your pic. I think Don hit it correctly, it looks like it is crossed w/ a Roebelenii to me. Either way you have a very nice palm!!!!!!

[Kris]

Dear Giuseppe

your P.Rupicola looks okay to me,but variations will be clearly visible when this baby puts out a decent sized trunk,till then their can be speculations..

Here are some stills of my P.Rupicola which is growing in our roof top garden,and is believed to be pure...

But i must tell you one thing for the past 2 years the grouth has been very slow but i have never ever seen a new spear as seen in your still but in my rupicola's a new leaf pop's up as leaflet and gently bends out into a full leaf ? And pure Rupicola's do not have very tempered or stiff leaf fronds.

Love,

Kris

[gyuseppe]

the seeds I bought them from rarepalmseeds,yes marck ,and very similar to roebeleni, the leaves are very soft, yes kris ,

very beautiful, thanks

(sorry for my English)

[osideterry]

I bought one that looked a bit roeby, but it keeps getting beefier. Here's a pic.

[chris78]

I have a few Phoenix rupicola seedlings and all the ones in the photos do look like young Phoenix rupicola.....

[gyuseppe]

hello friend chris78!.

very similar to roebelenii, but the seeds of RPS are very controlled.

[Al in Kona]

All the above Phoenix rupicolas, whether they be pure or slightly hybridized look very nice and my guess is that as they grow larger you will appreciated their beauty even more, hybrid or not. IMO, P. rupicola is the beauty queen of the Phoenix tribe and some of its hybrids are equally as or more attractive. For what it's worth, that's been my observation anyway.

[surgeon83]

I concur with Don and Mark, and I reached that conclusion before reading their posts, FWIW. I've never had that particular hybrid, but I do have baby rupicolas, roebelleniis, and roebellenii x reclinatas. Will be a beauty.

[gyuseppe]

my first post! my phoenix rupicola made from RPS seed