What is this? (photos)

[Palmfarmer]

Hey is this a Parajubaea or just a really scrawny Butia? 

[Tom in Tucson]

Looks like a Butia to me.

Hi 93˚, Lo 69˚ - thundershowers 

[Palmfarmer]

4 minutes ago, Tom in Tucson said:

Looks like a Butia to me.

Hi 93˚, Lo 69˚ - thundershowers 

Might very well be. Can it get quite big in that container if it is a Butia?

[newtopalmsMD]

What is the diameter and the height of the container?

[Palmfarmer]

5 minutes ago, newtopalmsMD said:

What is the diameter and the height of the container?

i guess around 60 cm height and 30 cm in diameter

[newtopalmsMD]

This is my Butia Capita with a yard stick for perspective in a 38cm diameter x 38 cm tall pot

 

[Palmfarmer]

16 hours ago, newtopalmsMD said:

This is my Butia Capita with a yard stick for perspective in a 38cm diameter x 38 cm tall pot

 

Wow great plant. But this is field cut right? 

[newtopalmsMD]

I got this potted on clearance 4 years ago at a big box store.  It was small enough to take home standing up in my Hyundai.  I moved it to a bigger pot after a year.  I'm in zone 7a So the plant stays outside as long as temps are above 20F.  then I wheel it into my (unheated) garage till things warm up.   A couple of times a year on especially windy days I find it on its side.  I was thinking that after a couple of years the 30 x 60 pot might be a bit unstable.