Corypha ID?

[Merlyn]

I bought this Corypha 2 years ago from Brian over in Tampa, and he wasn't sure of the exact species.  It burned quite a bit at 28F with frost, but recovered pretty fast this year.  Going into winter it has the frostburned tatters of one leaf, two slightly damaged ones, and three really nice new fronds.  Overall it's about 3-4' diameter, but only about 2' tall.  I looked at similar small ones at Leu Gardens this fall, and none looked quite identical.  The Utan had somewhat narrower segments but was a much smaller palm.  The Lecomtei had drastically smaller leaf segments but was also much larger.  The one that looked the closest was Umbraculifera in terms of segment size and scale.  Any thoughts on ID?

[Merlyn]

No one has any ideas on the ID?  Here's the photos of a couple of small Corypha I took at Leu back in late October for reference:

Corypha Lecomtei:

[Palmarum]

On 12/3/2021 at 7:31 PM, Merlyn said:

I bought this Corypha 2 years ago from Brian over in Tampa, and he wasn't sure of the exact species. ... The one that looked the closest was Umbraculifera in terms of segment size and scale.  Any thoughts on ID? ...

Trust your feelings. Your C. umbraculifera is happy and more cold tolerant than I would have thought.

Ryan

[Matt in SD]

I have umbraculifera and utan at that size and you palm looks just like my umbraculifera.  Definitely not utan.

 

Matt

[Merlyn]

Thanks @Matt in SD and @Palmarum!  I have a small Lecomtei in a pot in my nursery area, and no place to plant it.    It's supposed to be slightly hardier than Umbraculifera or Utan, based on reports I found on PalmTalk.  This one burned pretty bad, but recovered pretty quick.  This was what it looked like in early April after Christmas night at 28F with frost, then February 4th with 30F and heavy frost: