Cheers Darren, look forward to seeing a pic. These were the ones on the pre-order list from amulree. Simon emailed me to say that they were only just putting out split leaves, anything bigger then they would be very expensive.redsquirrel wrote:Ste,i havent seen a mature one but i have one past the split leaf stage. i will get you a pic at the weekend. tbh,given we DONT know how tough this plant is yet,in your case,you could get a decent sized jubaea cheaper than youll ever get one of these and have that tough impact plant immediately. why not contact Simon at amulree and discuss his pre-prder list.Mike said there are some big jubs coming in with a whopping discount if you buy through this scheme. bigger butias will be tougher too.
one thing to remember with hybrids is any amount of either parentage could be carried through to your individual plant so from what i gather,you could pay stupid money for a plant that is 99% butia or jubaea anyway????
personally imo,for now, jubutia is more a collectors plant until proven (i only bought mine because it was going for dafty money on ebay with collection only,just up the road from me)
I already have a jubea and butia so thats why I was thinking about this. I liked the sound in the description saying you get the really thick trunk from the jubea but the elegance of butia.
I know what you mean about this being more of a collectors palm but just the sound of something that is rarely offered makes me want one even more