Identification of five palms

[ne0ndrxft]

Some palms I need identification 

 

What they claim to be:

 

Pinanga sinii (Is this a Ptychosperma?) 

Butia capitata (or odorata?) 

Areca catechu (Looks like adonidia) 

No tag (I guess Coccothrinax spp) 

No tag (I guess Coccothrinax argentata) 

 

 

[gyuseppe]

n.2 Butia capitata/odorata

[aabell]

1 definitely Ptychosperma sp.

2 Butia, most likely B. odorata (true capitata is rare)

3 Looks like a shade grown Adonidia 

4 Not sure, I'm thinking Cryosophila

5 Not sure either. Definitely not Coccothrinax. Maybe a sad looking Kerriodoxa?

What is your general location? that can help narrow things down. Edit: Nevermind, I forgot that you can see that information when you're not on the mobile browser.

[ne0ndrxft]

I swear that Ptychosperma does not deserve to be labeled as a Pinanga. 

 

Another Ptychosperma I saw near that palm is labeled as a Howea, an Areca labeled Trachycarpus and a Chrysalidocarpus labeled as an Areca. So mislabeling isnt rare. 

 

The one you said looks like a Kerriodoxa is probably a Kerriodoxa, because I looked into my precious book and it said Hong Kong Disneyland has Kerriodoxas. I thought the leaflets looked weird though. 

[ne0ndrxft]

6 minutes ago, aabell said:

1 definitely Ptychosperma sp.

2 Butia, most likely B. odorata (true capitata is rare)

3 Looks like a shade grown Adonidia 

4 Not sure, I'm thinking Cryosophila

5 Not sure either. Definitely not Coccothrinax. Maybe a sad looking Kerriodoxa?

What is your general location? that can help narrow things down.

Oh yeah I'm in Hong Kong. They love planting palms that aren't suitable for the climate though. 

[aabell]

45 minutes ago, ne0ndrxft said:

I swear that Ptychosperma does not deserve to be labeled as a Pinanga. 

 

Another Ptychosperma I saw near that palm is labeled as a Howea, an Areca labeled Trachycarpus and a Chrysalidocarpus labeled as an Areca. So mislabeling isnt rare. 

 

The one you said looks like a Kerriodoxa is probably a Kerriodoxa, because I looked into my precious book and it said Hong Kong Disneyland has Kerriodoxas. I thought the leaflets looked weird though. 

It's funny how common those errors are, even in parks and gardens that should know better. I've seen it here too. 

Kerriodoxa have paper thin leaves so they can easily get torn like that from wind. The palm pictured also has a very silver leaf back, I can think of some other large leaf fan palms like this that are possible, but I think those are less likely to be planted there. A bit hard to say for certain from the photo. 

[ne0ndrxft]

13 minutes ago, aabell said:

It's funny how common those errors are, even in parks and gardens that should know better. I've seen it here too. 

Kerriodoxa have paper thin leaves so they can easily get torn like that from wind. The palm pictured also has a very silver leaf back, I can think of some other large leaf fan palms like this possible, but I think those are less likely to be planted there. A bit hard to say for certain from the photo. 

Yes! Before I started getting into palms I saw one of the largest parks in Hong Kong, the HKZBG, say that a Sabal mauritiformis is a Livistona decipiens. After searching it up, I was confused. After an entire year did I realize they messed up. 

 

And yeah I will give updates if I go there soon. If it has a black petiole then it's likely a Kerriodoxa. 

[idontknowhatnametuse]

#4 is Sabal mauritiiformis

[happypalms]

4 hours ago, idontknowhatnametuse said:

#4 is Sabal mauritiiformis

That was my thought on 4. 

[happypalms]

If number 5 has black petioles it may be a kerriodoxa and if it is a very sad one indeed. 

[ne0ndrxft]

Here are two more palms I have no idea what they are. The second one I know it is very blurry I couldn't really take a good photo of it. 

[aabell]

1 hour ago, ne0ndrxft said:

Here are two more palms I have no idea what they are. The second one I know it is very blurry I couldn't really take a good photo of it. 

Carpentaria acuminata and Elaeis guineensis