Foxtail Palm (Wodyetia bifurcata)

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IslandJim Keizer, OR(Zone 8b) Aug 29, 2003

Common name: Foxtail Palm
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Wodyetia
Species bifurcata

Plant Link: http://plantsdatabase.com/go/58118/

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Terry Murfreesboro, TN(Zone 7a) Nov 26, 2003

We recently received a message at the helpdesk that this young plant might be a Caryota ("Fishtail Palm") rather than Woodyetia bifurcata. Anyone have other thoughts or suggestions?

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IslandJim Keizer, OR(Zone 8b) Nov 27, 2003

Since I got it at Selby Botanical Garden, I think it's likely as advertized. Also, I work in a nursery and it looks like a foxtail, not a fishtail.

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GreenEyedGuru SF Bay Area, CA(Zone 9b) Apr 05, 2006

It looks like a fishtail to me.

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ilima Clyde/Fines Creek, NC(Zone 5b) Apr 05, 2006

The trunk looks smooth and green which says Foxtail to me. Caryota have a more speckled trunk and pubescent fuzz on the leaf bases. I'll take a picture of a small Caryota in the morning.

ilima

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ilima Clyde/Fines Creek, NC(Zone 5b) Apr 05, 2006

Here is a small Caryota, Fishtail Palm. Check out the difference in the trunks.

ilima

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palmbob Acton, CA(Zone 8b) Apr 05, 2006

That is definitely NOT a Caryota species (those are BIPINNATE and that palm is simple PINNATE)... so I suspect it is a Wodyetia

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