Hybrid or Not?

[freakypalmguy]

Opinions on whether this is Butia X Jubea or straight Butia. It was given to me as a hybrid.

[Dartolution]

Id say 100% Butia without a doubt. Lets see what others think... 

[UK_Palms]

I don't see any Jubaea in that specimen at all. It looks 100% Butia to me, specifically a Butia Odorata (formally known as Capitata).

At a push, it could be a Butia Eriospatha, or an Odorata x Eriospatha hybrid Butia, but I seriously doubt that. It's probably just regular Butia Odorata in my opinion.

[ahosey01]

1 hour ago, freakypalmguy said:

Opinions on whether this is Butia X Jubea or straight Butia. It was given to me as a hybrid.

No opinion on my side but that’s a good looking palm!!

[gilles06]

Butia not hybrided

[freakypalmguy]

Thank you everyone, that confirms my feelings that it is not a hybrid. Nonetheless, like ahosey stated, I still think it’s a beautiful palm. I am using this palm to hybridize with so I didn’t want to call the offspring something that they were not.

Matt

[Chester B]

I was thinking straight Butia as well.  There are a lot of so called hybrids out there unfortunately.  I think that many of these palms were intended to be hybrids but the people doing the hybridizing don't have the technique down.

[freakypalmguy]

Thank you for theInput everyone,  It was given to me for free and the owner did have some skepticism about it, so I can’t complain. I’m crossing it with schizophlla X queen so I wanted to know for sure what it is so I can label the offspring properly. 
 

Matt

[Dartolution]

@freakypalmguy If you're crossing with that, Id gladdddlyyyyyyy take some seed off your hands if you think you can successful pull that one off. 

[freakypalmguy]

 it’s too soon to tell if the pollen was viable or that it accepted it,  it’s still dropping seed.