Surprise Palm Seedling ID

[2hp]

Happy Spring, everyone! I hope the growth is good in your garden. 
 

i found a little Spring surprise on the slope in the patio and would love a little ID assist. Lots of palms look alike at this stage, so the ID apps are struggling. Can anyone tell me what this little guy is? It looks like five distinct plants are coming up together, if that helps. 

[TropicsEnjoyer]

Phoenix dactylifera I’m 90% certain.

[2hp]

Much obliged! Wouldn’t mind having one of those there. I guess these five plants will grow in a cluster naturally?

 

[Fusca]

It might also be Phoenix canariensis but it does definitely look like a Phoenix other than roebelenii.  Most pinnate palms begin with a bifid leaf but some of the more common pinnate palms begin with single strap-leaf including Roystonia, Syagrus, Butia and Phoenix.  Butia and Syagrus strap-leaves tend to be much longer and Roystonia strap-leaves tend to be more narrow than those shown.  This is a Phoenix rupicola seedling that I recently planted.  If your seedlings are dactylifera they will sucker and not grow up with a single trunk unless you continuously remove the suckers.

[Harry’s Palms]

This is interesting. I had a Phoenix palm pop up on my south facing slope . I will have to post a pic of it so one of our experts can ID it for me. I have a Reclinata that has fruit but it is 30’ down the hill from the volunteer. I will post a pic later when I go down there. Harry

[gyuseppe]

[peachy]

It's definitely a Phoenix, one of the bigger species but that is about as far as I can help.

Peachy

[Frond-friend42]

My dactylifera seedling, for comparison.

[tim_brissy_13]

18 hours ago, peachy said:

It's definitely a Phoenix, one of the bigger species but that is about as far as I can help.

Peachy

I think that’s as far as anyone could help Peachy. At that size most Phoenix are hard to tell apart. If I saw those volunteers in Melbourne I’d be 99% sure they were P canariensis - the things pop up everywhere. 

[peachy]

3 hours ago, tim_brissy_13 said:

I think that’s as far as anyone could help Peachy. At that size most Phoenix are hard to tell apart. If I saw those volunteers in Melbourne I’d be 99% sure they were P canariensis - the things pop up everywhere. 

I was always digging them out at the St Kilda house.  I remember when they planted the things along The Esplanade. The council wasted a fortune buying them from the old convent in Toowoomba, having them trucked down to Melbourne and big cranes to get them into position.

[Harry’s Palms]

My Phoenix volunteer. Pretty sure is a Canariensis. I don’t have any but they are around so could very well be a gift from a bird! . Harry