Is this Livistona lanuginosa?

[richtrav]

I bought some of these about 8 years ago in 5 gallon pots from Kevin Weaver in California. I planted two in a part of the yard that briefly stands in water whenever it rains a lot or is irrigated and they have taken off. At first it didn’t look like the lanuginosa I had seen in Australian botanical gardens, I figured it was probably just a form of rigida, but the infructescence is definitely wooly and the seeds are pretty large. Two years ago one of the plants fruited but the seeds were smaller and not viable. This time most seeds look good (the other plant flowered for the first time this year). Any Livistona experts care to chime in? 

[gyuseppe]

Livistona lanuginosa has large seeds, and those in the photo are large seeds, and from the photo of the plant I would say yes to Livistona lanuginosa

[Jonathan]

On 7/3/2025 at 9:37 PM, gyuseppe said:

Livistona lanuginosa has large seeds, and those in the photo are large seeds, and from the photo of the plant I would say yes to Livistona lanuginosa

Agreed 👍 

Don't know much about US coin sizes but from memory lanuginosa seed should be around 25mm or 1 inch diameter, if that helps?