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Unknown Palm Seedling: What am I

PalmatierMeg

By PalmatierMeg
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I was doing a weed pull and pot top-off of my outdoor container garden yesterday and came face to face with a palm seedling I'd been ignoring for a while. I need a fellow palm nerd to give me an ID of it. I have a few ideas but need confirmation as if it is what I suspect I'll have to decide whether to plant or compost it. See photos below

Mystery Palm, Cape Coral, FL 2024

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Palms of Victory I shall wear

Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise)
Florida
Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal
Elevation: 15 feet

I'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade.

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Meg that looks like Attalea to me could it be cohune?

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12 minutes ago, D. Morrowii said:

Meg that looks like Attalea to me could it be cohune?

That's what I was afraid of. I lost all of my large Attaleas (butyracea, speciosa, cohune, one other?) except phalerata to Hurricane Ian. I hate to consign it to the compost pile but what else can I do? I don't know how I acquired it. They are beautiful palms but easily uprooted by powerful storms.

Meg

Palms of Victory I shall wear

Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise)
Florida
Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal
Elevation: 15 feet

I'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade.

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If it were me I’d keep up potting it until I had no choice but I’m a bit of a procrastinator. 

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Let it live.  It's a palm tree. 

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Hmmm....if it is a Speciosa I'll take it off your hands!  :yay:

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13 hours ago, Merlyn said:

Hmmm....if it is a Speciosa I'll take it off your hands!  :yay:

I don’t know what species or how I acquired it. None of my late Attaleas had ever flowered. Only my phalerata has flowered but has yet to set viable seeds

Meg

Palms of Victory I shall wear

Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise)
Florida
Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal
Elevation: 15 feet

I'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade.

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