Is this W.robusta and Phoenix canariensis ?

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Is this W.robusta and Phoenix canariensis ?

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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
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Hi Style Garden and welcome! icon_salut

The palm in the first photo may not be a washy. I think it may be a sabal palm.
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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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I'd say they're Washies and not Sabals, especially when you take cost and availability into account. icon_thumright
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grub wrote:I'd say they're Washies and not Sabals, especially when you take cost and availability into account. icon_thumright
I would have thought washies would have had a thinner trunk?
Apart from the trunk it does look like a washy to me though. icon_thumright

Here is a photo of a similar looking palm that is a sabal
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Just looked at the orginal photo again and yep, it is a washy!
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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).
do they wear off then conifers, I always assumed they were trimmed that way.
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leewatson1980 wrote:do they wear off then conifers, I always assumed they were trimmed that way.
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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).
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makes sense :)

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They are definitely Washingtonia, but look more like filifera or filibusta than robusta to me...
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So the middle one is Washingtonia and the others are Phoenix canariensis?
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that's correct icon_thumright
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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. :wink:

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 :wink:
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Conifers 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).
Dangerous too as the whole skirt can drop away and trap you :shock: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Br7-eN8N ... re=related
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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 first pic is washingtonia filifera.
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 :oops:
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