Daryl -
Your Leaf scars look similar to mine. This last month temperatures here have been very warm
and I would have thought they would have grown much more than did with this weather.
I have had one of them with a new spear ready to open for the last 3 weeks with no movement?
Also the last leaf scar has a much darker color than before? When my one died a couple of years
ago, it had gone through the same process. After cutting it down, there was pink rot inside of the
trunk. Since then I do not cut any of my palms to help eliminate any disease entering from a open
wound. One of the characteristics of the Oleraceas is the way the crown of leaves typically
doesn't come past the midline (horizontal or higher plane), whereas R. regia leaves hang
down toward the trunk as they age.

I appreciate the great responses from this thread!
Fred

Thanks for the informative tutorial on how to I.D. R.oleracea. I think Dave's pic in post #30 is a ringer for R. oleracea from what you described. I'll have to keep an eye on my R. oleracea and see how it turns out. It's just in a pot for now.

Andrew, what do you think?

Len - Your palm looks exactly like mine! How long has it been in the ground?

Fred

Len - Your palm looks exactly like mine! How long has it been in the ground?

Fred

This was purchased as a 25 gallon from Mardy Darian 5 years ago. It was sold as Oleracea.

Andrew, what do you think?

REGLAR ROYAL...

Andrew, what do you think?

REGLAR ROYAL...

Thanks. Not a Regia for sure, but others that have seen it in person did not think it was a oleracea either. I can't tell the difference from others anyway as I never put the time in to learn. Just glad it grows

Len, they are easy to tell apart. Very easy when young--this palm has a spear about 12 feet high and is an established juvenile--any other royal would be plumose by now and not have any red(they don't all show red though).

Any updates on this palm???

Here is the update: The palm seems to be doing fine, just growing slowly. i did furtlize back in late October using

Nutracoat. i will post photos ASAP. Fred

Just to reiterate--there are no oleracea in California; the climate is too cold/cool for them.

It looks like my regia. The red should be fine. This may be caused by sun burn because the frond came off early. Some of my kings get the red because the fronds came off(yanked by me) too early and get sun burned.

Just to reiterate--there are no oleracea in California; the climate is too cold/cool for them.

Do you think this is an oleracea? That's what I bought it as a year ago.

Hi Daniel, it doesn't look like R.oleracea at that age to me...even as seedlings oleracea have broad leaflets and they are not spaced so closely along the rachis.

Daryl

Just to reiterate--there are no oleracea in California; the climate is too cold/cool for them.

Do you think this is an oleracea? That's what I bought it as a year ago.

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If you got it in California, I would say, a big no way. Daryl is giving you more concrete reasons why it's not--also looks like it is about to go plumose...

Danilopez, Regia all the way home....!

still a nice palm though and should thrive in your hostile growing conditions.

Thanks for the info guys. I really don't think it can be regia though Josh. They look way different and it has grown 3 to 4 times faster. Any other thoughts on what it is?

The two in black containers where sold as regias the one in the back left was a puerto rican and the one on the right was sold as oleracea.