Chamaerops Humilis with stripped / smooth trunk?

[Merlyn]

I have seen a few Trachies with stripped trunks, and they come out very smooth.  My Phoenix Roebellini all have stripped trunks, just because the fibers fall off after a while.  The Roebellini have that kind of interesting "dragon scale" looking trunk, with alternating "scales" sticking out.  But I have never seen a picture of a stripped trunk Chamaerops.  Is it just because they are so stabby, or furry, or irregularly weird when the old leaf bases are removed?  I have a mostly solo one that I had to yank out of the ground in March.  I tossed it in a random pot with not enough soil in the bottom, so it looks really short.  But it actually has around 2 feet of trunk.  I was thinking of experimenting on it, but I have no idea what it would look like!  Any photos of stripped or trimmed trunk Chamaerops?

[Dartolution]

I *think* they have smooth (or relatively smooth) gray trunks on them when they get quite old. 

I have only seen it on very tall, and very old palms, and even then there is usually still a good bit of fiber/leaf bases on the upper part. 

I too am curious about this however. 

[wimmie]

Merlyn, this is what you will get!

[Merlyn]

39 minutes ago, wimmie said:

Merlyn, this is what you will get!

Wooohooo!!!  Thanks for the photo wimmie, that is exactly what I needed!  I think I'll trim up this one trunk while it's still solo, I'll post an "after" photo later.

[wimmie]

My Chamaeropses and Trachies are being vandalized by nestling birds and even by squirrels! They no doubt will have warm and soft nests. My palms look a bit tatty!