Trachycarpus princeps -new form

[garrytsen]

Trachycarpus princeps- new form

This is both an old and new interesting palm that we rediscovered again.At first glance, we would confuse them with Trachycarpus princeps (stone gate).

They look very much like princeps in almost every respect from whitish undersides,uppersides and evenly split leaflets,

except that they germinate more easily ,grow faster and have different fiber.
If you don't mind it, T.princeps new form may be a perfect substitute for princeps as no other species or hybrids can get close to princeps in terms of appearance as it.

The mother palm was transplanted from the mountain by the owner's grandfather.

People think they might be hybrids between princeps and nova or fortunei as they used to say nova is a hybrid between princeps and fortunei (It has been proved that nova do exist in the wild )

It is highly unlikely that this new form is a  hybrid because princeps and nova are kinda far away from them.

They all may be isolated populations in certain areas at different evolutionary stages.

[garrytsen]

Here are some seedlings growing happily under the mother palm.

[Jonathan]

Looks really nice Garry, thanks for posting.

Amazing that we're still finding potentially new species on this crowded planet!