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Silver Copernicia ID?


NatureGirl

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I was hoping someone could ID this Copernicia. Super silver color, but upright leaves. Probably a hybrid but any educated guesses would be appreciated. Yarey and hospita come to mind. I was lucky enuf to get some seeds and look forward to growing these. 

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Warrior Palm Princess, Satellite Beach, Florida

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Do you germinate your seeds in just natural sphagnum moss ? 

The parent plant look like C.hospita to me.

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2 hours ago, scottgt said:

Do you germinate your seeds in just natural sphagnum moss ? 

The parent plant look like C.hospita to me.

I germinated them in baggies and then when root was about an inch long I put them in spaghum in gallon pots. And no, not my usual method, I usually use 50/50 peat/perlite. But since these go deep, I didn't want to take a chance on rotting them. 

Yes, looks like hospita except for upright leaves, hospita I've seen have much more lax, spreading leaves. Some kinda of hybrid, but I wonder with what?

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Warrior Palm Princess, Satellite Beach, Florida

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It looks like hospita most likely crossed with something that had the traits of C. yarey. The hybrid looks nicer than either species alone in my opinion, and I tend to dislike hybrids. 

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Christian Faulkner

Venice, Florida - South Sarasota County.

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