Chamaerops?

[andrebazhen]

Hi all, found this big boy in Moscow. Labeled as Chamaerops, what do you think?

[Fusca]

6 hours ago, andrebazhen said:

Hi all, found this big boy in Moscow. Labeled as Chamaerops, what do you think?

Looks unusual from its growing conditions but correctly labeled.

[andrebazhen]

5 minutes ago, Fusca said:

Looks unusual from its growing conditions but correctly labeled.

It was constrained by old conservatory ceiling (look at old brick wall behind) and then they built a new conservatory around the old one. I was impressed by this palm size - photo doesn’t express real height 

[Merlyn]

@andrebazhen that's a wild trunk on that Chamaerops!  I've seen a couple of 15-20' tall ones, but never one tall enough to hit the roof of a conservatory and bend sideways.  Hopefully it keeps on growing for many more years.

[Tyrone]

8 hours ago, andrebazhen said:

It was constrained by old conservatory ceiling (look at old brick wall behind) and then they built a new conservatory around the old one. I was impressed by this palm size - photo doesn’t express real height 

If only Kew did the same to the giant Jubaea they used to have in the temperate house instead of cutting it down when it got too big.