Butia capitata in bloom

[gyuseppe]

the Butia capitata is normal for the blooms in late summer,should not flourish in the spring?

[Palmick]

Hi Gyuseppe !

Most certainly you'll have to relabel your palm.

It's now Butia odorata, as far as i understood this genus new classification.

Fruit /seed shape will tell for sure.

We'll have to wait for that flower spike to end up developing (spherical) fruits /seeds.

Being a cold hardy palm, i think flowering process will be unaffected by your benign winter weather.

Regards

[merrillwx]

Gentlemen:

I've bred and observed Butia for many years; it and its hybrids are quite unpredictable relative to timing. My thirteen[{JXB]XB]XB complete blooming very early; others bloom much later. The odd thing to me is that there is such a long period of inactivity between the blooming of the [{JXB]XB]XB and the succeeding years bloom.

Best Wishes,

merrill

[Mark Heath]

Gyuseppe,

I predict that the seeds will be round and the fruit will resemble a pumpkin in shape. Looks like a true B.Odorata like Nigel had put an ID on mine. Good for you, it will be time to hit that inflorescence w/ Syagrus pollen when anthesis occurs!

Mark