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Please help me ID this palm

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This little guy (about a foot tall) just popped up out of nowhere in my gravel driveway (Kihei, HI). Can't stay there, so I'd like to dig it up and replant in a better location.  But I want to know how big it'll get, how much room from structures and other plants, how much sun it'll need etc.  There are lots of other palms in the neighborhood, but not with the fan leaves, so the seed must've traveled a ways to end up in front of my house.  Any help identifying or suggestions for replanting would be greatly appreciated.PXL_20251227_211359857.thumb.jpg.82d87f6d9698cf5fd71ea37d42da853d.jpgPXL_20251227_211443490.thumb.jpg.d3449e82a058c1ead4966bbc3eacb103.jpgPXL_20251227_211428458.thumb.jpg.b8d1c1f325e542d33c455643e7433beb.jpgPXL_20251227_211359857.thumb.jpg.82d87f6d9698cf5fd71ea37d42da853d.jpg

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It’s a Washingtonia. Appears to be a hybrid of W. filifera and W. robusta. That’s California Fan Palm x Mexican Fan Palm, commonly called Washingtonia filibusta. They get tall and grow fast. 
 

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Jim in Los Altos, CA  SF Bay Area 37.34N- 122.13W- 190' above sea level

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300+ palms, 90+ species in the ground

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    1 hour ago, Jim in Los Altos said:

    It’s a Washingtonia. Appears to be a hybrid of W. filifera and W. robusta. That’s California Fan Palm x Mexican Fan Palm, commonly called Washingtonia filibusta. They get tall and grow fast. 
     

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    Aka cotton palm!

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    Here the pure W. filifera and W. robusta only exist in old gardens, now all the ones they sell are hybrids between them

    GIUSEPPE

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    11 hours ago, happypalms said:

    Aka cotton palm!

    Never referred to as such in North America. 

    4 hours ago, Las Palmas Norte said:

    Never referred to as such in North America. 

    Archontophoenix never referred to as king palms in Australia...

    South Arm, Tasmania, Australia - 42° South

    Mild oceanic climate, with coastal exposure.

     

    Summer: 12°C (53°F) average min, to 21°C (70°F) average daily max. Up to 40°C (104°F max) rarely.

     

    Winter: 6°C (43°F) average min, to 13°C (55°F) average daily max. Down to 0°C (32°F) occasionally, some light frost.

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    3 hours ago, Jonathan said:

    Archontophoenix never referred to as king palms in Australia...

    And Ptychosperma elegans definitely not referred to an Alexander palms in Australia. I’m not a fan of any common name but that one surely takes the cake for the most senseless and confusing!

    Tim Brisbane

    Patterson Lakes, bayside Melbourne, Australia

    Rarely Frost

    2005 Minimum: 2.6C,  Maximum: 44C

    2005 Average: 17.2C, warmest on record.

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