What is Brahea Calcarea ( nitida ) ？

[Otowa green]

brahea calcarea's leaf is silver form? or green form?

 

[Fusca]

1 hour ago, Otowa green said:

brahea calcarea's leaf is silver form? or green form?

When juvenile Brahea calcarea get to a certain size the underside of the leaves are whitish silver while the upper side remains green.

[kinzyjr]

Looks like they could be either from the photos on Palmpedia: https://www.palmpedia.net/wiki/Brahea_calcarea

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[Otowa green]

thank you.

I looked it up on the internet, two forms comes out.

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I don't think the same palm.

[ExperimentalGrower]

On 1/29/2022 at 5:05 PM, Otowa green said:

thank you.

I looked it up on the internet, two forms comes out.

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I don't think the same palm.

Top one is armata, bottom superficially resembles calcarea.

[Silas_Sancona]

When in doubt,  ..Use Palmpedia  when looking up different palms..   


" Whatever the internet coughs up " web searches that would bring up pictures of Washingtonia when searching for Coconuts?     Ditch that.




 

[Jim in Los Altos]

There is a solid silver blue form called Brahea calcarea ‘Super Silver.’ Juveniles are green and silver gradually starts showing up as the palm grows but is still a juvenile until the entire palm is silver-blue. I have both forms. The green one is mature with lots of trunk. The Suoer Silver one is trunkless and just now producing silver fronds. 
 

[Phoenikakias]

5 hours ago, Jim in Los Altos said:

There is a solid silver blue form called Brahea calcarea ‘Super Silver.’ Juveniles are green and silver gradually starts showing up as the palm grows but is still a juvenile until the entire palm is silver-blue. I have both forms. The green one is mature with lots of trunk. The Suoer Silver one is trunkless and just now producing silver fronds. 
 

Ι have a testimony from a visitor in their habitat, same occurs also with Brahea brandegeei.