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Extreme Lax Leaf Washingtonia robusta

Alicehunter2000

By Alicehunter2000
in COLD HARDY PALMS

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Have admired this palm (and 2 others nearby) for years. Need to get better pictures of it......but notice how ribbon like the fronds are. Too bad someone is not developing Washy's that have this trait .... it looks much more tropicalories IMO  than your standard washy. 

Does anyone have pics of Washingtonia that are as much or more lax leaf than these?

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David Simms zone 9a on Highway 30a

200 steps from the Gulf in NW Florida

30 ft. elevation and sandy soil

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I've noticed ones like that too in our area. That's the type I'd like to get. I also have seen what I'm pretty sure are filibusta with ribbon leaves. This one you found here though may win the prize.

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1 hour ago, Alicehunter2000 said:

Have admired this palm (and 2 others nearby) for years. Need to get better pictures of it......but notice how ribbon like the fronds are. Too bad someone is not developing Washy's that have this trait .... it looks much more tropicalories IMO  than your standard washy. 

Does anyone have pics of Washingtonia that are as much or more lax leaf than these?

2016-09-08 16.24.34.jpg

Are you sure that's not a Livistona?

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Ben Rogers

On the border of Concord & Clayton in the East Bay hills - Elev 387 ft 37.95 °N, 121.94 °W

My back yard weather station: http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/hdfForecast?query=37.954%2C-121.945&sp=KCACONCO37

Alicehunter2000 Grand Master

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I'm pretty sure it's a Washy....but I thought Livistonia in the past too.....I need park to get a good long look at them. 

David Simms zone 9a on Highway 30a

200 steps from the Gulf in NW Florida

30 ft. elevation and sandy soil

PalmTreeDude Grand Master

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It looks like a Washintonia... I have seen Washintonia like it before, I am not sure if it is a hybrid or it just happened to grow like that. 

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Brad Mondel Grand Master

Brad Mondel

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There's thousands like that in California. They are much nicer than the typical Washingtonia however. 

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Los Angeles, CA and Myrtle Beach, SC.

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Love the lax tropical look we don't have them like that in the UK. How  do they stand up in the wind.:greenthumb:

PalmTreeDude Grand Master

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23 hours ago, Brad Mondel said:

There's thousands like that in California. They are much nicer than the typical Washingtonia however. 

Do you think they all have a chance of growing like that? Or it is a hybrid. 

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Brad Mondel Grand Master

Brad Mondel

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Not sure, only some have that trait. 

Los Angeles, CA and Myrtle Beach, SC.

Alicehunter2000 Grand Master

Alicehunter2000

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Got some better pics....here's one....definitely Washingtonia robusta. Now that I look at it closer it is not much different to a few others around town. This looks a lot more tropical than the stiffer leaf variety.

2016-09-13 17.09.17.jpg

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David Simms zone 9a on Highway 30a

200 steps from the Gulf in NW Florida

30 ft. elevation and sandy soil

Alicehunter2000 Grand Master

Alicehunter2000

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More pics

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David Simms zone 9a on Highway 30a

200 steps from the Gulf in NW Florida

30 ft. elevation and sandy soil

Brad Mondel Grand Master

Brad Mondel

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Any seed? 

Los Angeles, CA and Myrtle Beach, SC.

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