Phoenix roebelenii x dactylifera or canariensis

[Mishaq]

An interesting pair of specimens I saw today in Chellah, Rabat, Morocco. Very thin trunks with disproportionately large and stiff leaves, unsure if this is a cross with roebelnii and dactylifera or canariensis 

[Phoenikakias]

Those hybrids you have mentioned, have considerably thicker trunks.

[Merlyn]

@Mishaq Loureiroi has a fairly thin trunk, as does Reclinata.  I could see those as a Reclinata pruned to just one trunk, maybe?

[gyuseppe]

or rupicola

It doesn't look like my hybrids roebelenii x reclinata,roebelenii x dactylifera

[Phoenikakias]

How long are fully (better measure horizontally hanging leaves)  grown leaves of each specimen? (In the length is included also the petiole).

 

[mlovecan]

I have a roebelnii x canariensis. It looks nothing like that.  Probably a multiple cross.

[Mishaq]

On 1/5/2026 at 2:21 PM, Phoenikakias said:

How long are fully (better measure horizontally hanging leaves)  grown leaves of each specimen? (In the length is included also the petiole).

 

Not sure exactly but I would say around 1.2 metres. I was shocked at how stiff the leaves were compared to pure roebelenii, almost like local Moroccan dactylifera varieties while retaining such a slender trunk (not more than 4 inches in diameter) 

 

. I have what I think is roebelenii x dactylifera at home but its appearance is very different so these specimens have left me confused as to their identity, as mlovecan suggests it’s possible that it is a multiple cross.

[Mishaq]

On 1/5/2026 at 2:09 AM, Merlyn said:

@Mishaq Loureiroi has a fairly thin trunk, as does Reclinata.  I could see those as a Reclinata pruned to just one trunk, maybe?

I don’t think it’s likely, no sign of any pruned suckers at all, both very solitary plants.
 

The gardeners also let all other suckering phoenixes form offshoots without pruning them, so they wouldn’t specifically prune these two plants to be solitary