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Palm identification

jimjpr

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Can someone identify this palm for me? It was a gift and the giver said it was a chineses falm palm. Clearly it is not. It has been in the ground for about 3 yrs now and reacted very poorly to the previous two record braeking cold winters we had here in Ft Lauderdale, S Florida, whereas the chinese fan palms did not. Also the spines on the petioles are black and curve downward unlike livistona ch. It is not clustering (yet?).Thanks!

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From the leaves alone I would say Livistona rotundifolia (Footstool Palm), but the spines on the petiole suggest L. saribus (Taraw Palm), which is what I think it is. (FYI, no species of Livistona clump.) It is a very nice, large palm that gets a spread of 12-15 feet. I hope you have it in a place with sufficient room to grow.

Jody

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Thanx! I will get out my palm books and look up the info you gave me...Jim

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Footstool palm. Livistona rotundifolia.

Located on Vanua Levu near Savusavu (16degrees South) Elevation from sealevel to 30meters with average annual rainfall of 2800mm (110in) with temperature from 18 to 34C (65 to 92F).

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