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Is this seedling a Copernicia prunifera?


PalmatierMeg

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Would Copernicia experts take a look at the following photos and tell me whether this palm is a Copernicia prunifera? I dug up some 1-leaf seedlings that had sprouted beneath a palm labeled "Copernicia prunifera" in a palm park in Fort Myers. I'd say they are about 2 years old now. I plan to keep one to plant and sell the rest but I want to be sure I know what I'm talking about.

The edges of its leaves have saw-like tiny teeth. The leaves are blue/green, rigid, highly corrugated and have similar teeth on their upper surfaces. Not cuddly at all. I don't have photos of the mother.

Copernicia prunifera ?

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Meg

Palms of Victory I shall wear

Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise)
Florida
Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal
Elevation: 15 feet

I'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade.

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Without seeing the mother plant I can't say for sure, but those seedlings look 100% consistent with the C. prunifera I've grown.

Matt Bradford

"Manambe Lavaka"

Spring Valley, CA (8.5 miles inland from San Diego Bay)

10B on the hill (635 ft. elevation)

9B in the canyon (520 ft. elevation)

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I have a c. alba from floribunda that's that size and looks just like yours. Except prunifera usually will have slightly more sawtooths on the leaves than what mine has, so I'd say it's a pretty good guess yours is a prunifera, and if there are other species of copernicia around, you might have gotten lucky and you have a hybrid.

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In my limited experience, when grown side by side, I found that alba stays green longer, while prunifera turns glaucous earlier.

Matt Bradford

"Manambe Lavaka"

Spring Valley, CA (8.5 miles inland from San Diego Bay)

10B on the hill (635 ft. elevation)

9B in the canyon (520 ft. elevation)

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