Ceroxylon id please

[yota]

Can anyone tell if this is parvifrons or parvum please?

[tim_brissy_13]

Looks like parvum. Parvifrons has its leaflets held in a flat plane (not plumose). 

[richnorm]

I won't bore you with the details but since the plant is in New Zealand I expect it is pityrophyllum.    It could also be one of the mystery plumose palms that came from a dodgy batch of parvifrons seed though the leaflets look a little skinny for that.

[Tyrone]

Whatever it is it's pretty cool. Keep growing it and posting pics as it gets bigger.

[yota]

On 4/8/2019 at 4:18 PM, richnorm said:

I won't bore you with the details but since the plant is in New Zealand I expect it is pityrophyllum.    It could also be one of the mystery plumose palms that came from a dodgy batch of parvifrons seed though the leaflets look a little skinny for that.

Are you growing or know much about pityrophyllum as there's not much info on the net regarding cultivation . My plant whatever it may be is a steady grower and not been phased by sub zero temps or several days at 32c+ this past summer.

Not as quick as my  quindiuense but faster than the  amazonicum I have which is struggling

[richnorm]

30 minutes ago, yota said:

Are you growing or know much about pityrophyllum as there's not much info on the net regarding cultivation . My plant whatever it may be is a steady grower and not been phased by sub zero temps or several days at 32c+ this past summer.

Not as quick as my  quindiuense but faster than the  amazonicum I have which is struggling

Yes, I grow pityrophyllum.  This palm was sold in NZ as parvum but the seed was collected outside of the range of this species and within that of pityrophyllum.  Both palms are very similar in looks and cultivational requirements.  Some continue to use the original name, not least South Pacific Palms who are the only nursery here (I believe) to stock this palm which they grow from their own seed.

Amazonicum has the lowest distribution of any Ceroxylon and would see cool tropical conditions in habitat (down to 1000m at the equator....)

Get yourself a parvifrons if you can!!

[yota]

Yes it was purchased from South Pacific Palms  and new it was a sp. starting with the letter P and now recall that it  was Parvum that I purchased but no complaints with me in what it may become..it's a great looking palm in my opinion.

Would love a parvifrons plus many other species but they are so hard to come by here in NZ and when they do they command such high prices unfortunately