two quid palm but what is it

mixiepalms · Post by **mixiepalms** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 8:37 pm

its deffo not a kentia. nor an areca. got it from a shop in rochester called golden lilly. says its from nicaragua. the pot alone is worth that

treating it like a bunch of flowers, doubt if it will last.

any ideas guys?

lucienc · Post by **lucienc** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 9:01 pm

No idea about the palm, but can I have a closer look at the monkey !

Looks just like the one at work that travels the world http://www.waveyline.com

SteveW · Post by **SteveW** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 9:17 pm

No idea really,maybe its a Arcontopheonix of some sort?excuse the spelling but you know what I mean.
Steve

mixiepalms · Post by **mixiepalms** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 9:37 pm

i thought Archontophoenix alexandrae or Archontophoenix cunninghamiana but the fronds are not right, ie the leaflets have too great a distance between them. the trunk reminds me of either of the aforemetioned but the fronds are too much like a kentia, strange dilema. the guys in the shop had no idea.

as for the monkey lol, my daughter put him in my nana rack, my 50p bootfair one. i have lots of palm tat lol. ill have to compile some pics of it all, clocks, paintings, plates, keyrings, yes i am sad but hey a palm is a palm.

Post by **Dave Brown** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 7:26 am

Hi Mixie,

The first pic of the leaves I would have said Kentia or Howea, but the base of the palm has stumped me

It is difficult for me to describe as a laymen, but the base seems to be putting on around 3 inches of vertical height for every new leaf, and the old leaf bases clasp the entire circumference of the palm well above the previous leaf base, this gives the impression this will be a very slender trunked palm. Almost like Chamaedorea microspadix (bamboo palm)
Most trunking palms have a much lower vertical growth per leaf. Of couse the way it has been treated have have some affect on the growth pattern.

Sorry, can't help more than that. It will be interesting to see how fast it grows.

Edit: - corrected spellings DB

mixiepalms · Post by **mixiepalms** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 5:04 pm

i think it could be Veitchia merillii

if ya look at the youngun at the front of the pic. ive always wanted one, maybe i hit the jackpot lol.

who knows they all look alike

Post by **Dave Brown** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 6:09 pm

It does look a close match Mixie, and also fits with what the trunk suggested to me. Archontopheonix (spellings) has a much thicker trunk.

mixiepalms · Post by **mixiepalms** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 6:16 pm

i have an alexandrea that is 3 yrs from seed, bout the same size but totally different. i thought about your thougts bout microspadix dave. close but the leaflets hang down on those. if it is the one i think i will bechuffed. pixie got it for me from rochester. they r by large the prettiest palm possible. oh to live somewhere more tropical lol.

without the hurricanes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Post by **Dave Brown** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 6:39 pm

Hi Mixie,

It was the thin trunk that reminded me of C. microspadix, looks a good palm but I take it hopelessly tender.