Veitchia ID

[Daryl]

I always thought this was V.joannis, but not everyone agrees with me. How does everyone here differentiate between the commonly grown species in this genus?

This palm has done it tough over the years, growing on the edge of a hot dry slope with no supplemental watering, then getting fried 18 months ago in our cold and becomng totally defoliated. It is certainly quite a tough customer.

regards,

Daryl

[pg6922]

Its an awesome looking palm and one of my favorites. Unfortunately, like with many of the Phoenix that hybridize within the family, I think this species also does the same within the Veitchia family. So, it could be part Joannis or anything in between. Although, in your group, they all look identical. I would not say pure Aricina because most of the Aricina petioles seam to lay on a flatter plane and not droop much. But again, MUCH variation within this species.

If yours had a tad more droop at the end of the petiole, I'd say Joannis.

PG

[quaman58]

Daryl,

I was going through the genus Veitchia in the Daves Garden website a couple nights back. There were several relatively new posts of ones I was not farmiliar with, including some new pics of ones at the Floribunda nursery. Might be worth a look. This whole genus is a bit on the edge for us Californians unfortunately, although I keep trying..

Bret