Butia ID

[Jcalvin]

I’m pretty certain this is a Butia Capita, considering 90% of the Butias in my area are Capita (from what I’ve been told). I just wanted the experts opinion. 
 

These aren’t great pictures, so I apologize. The trunk is actually longer than it appears. Most of it is covered because a good portion of the trunk is almost horizontal to the ground before it curves up. I’ve been told it’s been here for over 70 years. 
 

The smaller one is a baby I transplanted from it about 5 years ago. It gets 80% shade, so the fronds are long and stringy looking. 

[buffy]

Likely B. odorata. Folks have been mistakenly calling them B. capitata forever.  B. capitata is rare in cultivation. 

[Jcalvin]

Here is the fruit and flowers. The fruits is rather roundish. 

[Scott W]

Nice looking trees, which look like Butia to me.  

Like Buffy stated, the general consensus now is that the majority of Butia in cultivation around the US have been renamed Butia ordorata.  Interesting though seeing the variations between them around my area, especially in trunk size, with some being more slender trunked while others are quite robust.

[Chester B]

4 minutes ago, Scott W said:

Nice looking trees, which look like Butia to me.  

Like Buffy stated, the general consensus now is that the majority of Butia in cultivation around the US have been renamed Butia ordorata.  Interesting though seeing the variations between them around my area, especially in trunk size, with some being more slender trunked while others are quite robust.

The information I've seen is that most Butia odorata may not be 100%, some mixture of Butia species in there.  It seems like the smaller trunked ones have B catariensis in them and this may be the majority of their genetic makeup.

[Scott W]

1 hour ago, Chester B said:

The information I've seen is that most Butia odorata may not be 100%, some mixture of Butia species in there.  It seems like the smaller trunked ones have B catariensis in them and this may be the majority of their genetic makeup.

Thanks for this info!