Is this W.robusta and Phoenix canariensis ?
Is this W.robusta and Phoenix canariensis ?
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Is this Washingtonia robusta in the middle and Phoenix canariensis to the left and right?
http://imageshack.us/m/703/4691/isthisjpg.jpg
Are these both Phoenix canariensis? If so, why are the trunk so different?
http://imageshack.us/m/228/2580/isthis2jpg.jpg
Is this Washingtonia robusta in the middle and Phoenix canariensis to the left and right?
http://imageshack.us/m/703/4691/isthisjpg.jpg
Are these both Phoenix canariensis? If so, why are the trunk so different?
http://imageshack.us/m/228/2580/isthis2jpg.jpg
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Re: Is this W.robusta and Phoenix canariensis ?
Hi Style Garden and welcome!
The palm in the first photo may not be a washy. I think it may be a sabal palm.
The palm in the first photo may not be a washy. I think it may be a sabal palm.
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Re: Is this W.robusta and Phoenix canariensis ?
In the second pic, the young one still has the old leaf bases on hiding the trunk, in the old one, they've mostly worn off (but still present on the newer, upper part of the trunk just below the leaves).
Re: Is this W.robusta and Phoenix canariensis ?
I'd say they're Washies and not Sabals, especially when you take cost and availability into account.
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Re: Is this W.robusta and Phoenix canariensis ?
I would have thought washies would have had a thinner trunk?grub wrote:I'd say they're Washies and not Sabals, especially when you take cost and availability into account.
Apart from the trunk it does look like a washy to me though.
Here is a photo of a similar looking palm that is a sabal
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Re: Is this W.robusta and Phoenix canariensis ?
Just looked at the orginal photo again and yep, it is a washy!
Re: Is this W.robusta and Phoenix canariensis ?
do they wear off then conifers, I always assumed they were trimmed that way.Conifers wrote:In the second pic, the young one still has the old leaf bases on hiding the trunk, in the old one, they've mostly worn off (but still present on the newer, upper part of the trunk just below the leaves).
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Re: Is this W.robusta and Phoenix canariensis ?
They're trimmed in the young one - you can see the cut apex of the leaf bases. The old bases then eventually rot away and drop off. No doubt it would be possible to clean them off earlier, but it'd be difficult (= expensive).leewatson1980 wrote:do they wear off then conifers, I always assumed they were trimmed that way.
lee
Re: Is this W.robusta and Phoenix canariensis ?
They are definitely Washingtonia, but look more like filifera or filibusta than robusta to me...
Re: Is this W.robusta and Phoenix canariensis ?
So the middle one is Washingtonia and the others are Phoenix canariensis?
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Re: Is this W.robusta and Phoenix canariensis ?
Image 1 ) Centre ones are Washingtonia filifera with stout trunks and a much larger crown then W. robusta. Either side are Phoenix canariensis Phoenix canariensis_CIDP very tightly trimmed.
Image 2 ) They are both Phoenix canariensis Phoenix canariensis_CIDP the tall one has a tightly trimmed trunk. The shorter one has a much more lax trimmed trunk. Meaning the leaf bases have not been cut as close in, or the stalks have been left longer
Image 2 ) They are both Phoenix canariensis Phoenix canariensis_CIDP the tall one has a tightly trimmed trunk. The shorter one has a much more lax trimmed trunk. Meaning the leaf bases have not been cut as close in, or the stalks have been left longer
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Re: Is this W.robusta and Phoenix canariensis ?
Dangerous too as the whole skirt can drop away and trap you http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Br7-eN8N ... re=relatedConifers wrote: The old bases then eventually rot away and drop off. No doubt it would be possible to clean them off earlier, but it'd be difficult (= expensive).
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The first pic is washingtonia filifera.StyleGarden wrote:Whats up gang? I love Mallorca and her tropical plants and warm climate.
Is this Washingtonia robusta in the middle and Phoenix canariensis to the left and right?
http://imageshack.us/m/703/4691/isthisjpg.jpg
Are these both Phoenix canariensis? If so, why are the trunk so different?
http://imageshack.us/m/228/2580/isthis2jpg.jpg
The second pic shows the different trimming techniques. they like to cut the trunk fine and smooth lower down and then leave the boots above to create pineapple effect on top of smooth trunk.
Edit,just realised Dave already said the same thing
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