2 very robust and fat Wodyetia bifurcata

[Eric in Orlando]

These 2 Wodyetia bifurcata,  Foxtail Palms,  are growing in Maitland,  FL (just north of Orlando). They have the fattest trunks of any Foxtail Palms I have ever seen,  almost Royal Palm thick. They are in the yard of a beautiful restored 1876 Gothic Carpenter style house. 

[Eric in Orlando]

[Cindy Adair]

Those trunks are wider than any of that species that I have seen in Puerto Rico too!

[Rusty on Pine Is.]

I have a couple of Woodies that got very thick, but have the same differential width as the palms pictured....mine grew better when i moved to my place full time, and previously was just a winter visitor......full time residence equals more care...

Great pics, thanks for posting!

[Xerarch]

Fantastic! Foxtails are so great when well grown

[Mr. Coconut Palm]

6 hours ago, Eric in Orlando said:

These 2 Wodyetia bifurcata,  Foxtail Palms,  are growing in Maitland,  FL (just north of Orlando). They have the fattest trunks of any Foxtail Palms I have ever seen,  almost Royal Palm thick. They are in the yard of a beautiful restored 1876 Gothic Carpenter style house. 

Nice, but what is up with the ragged looking spot on the trunk just below the flower spikes on the right one?  I hope someone hasn't been pulling old fronds off a normally self shedding palm.   That drives me crazy when I see people do that, especially with self shedding palms.

[aztropic]

Old flower spathes don't self shed as nicely.

 

aztropic

Mesa, Arizona

 

[Palm Tree Jim]

4 hours ago, aztropic said:

Old flower spathes don't self shed as nicely.

 

aztropic

Mesa, Arizona

 

From my experience with foxtails, it does look like the old flower spathes.

[Eric in Orlando]

Yes, it is remnants of old spathes and not scarring on the trunk. 

The yard is  zoysia grass and looks to get top care. So these palms have been growing for years with probably excellent fertilization and irrigation.