PlantFiles Pictures: Butia Species, Jelly Palm, Pindo Palm, Wine Palm (<i>Butia capitata</i>) by Happenstance

Here is a nice specimen growing in the xeriscape garden on the Huntington arboretum. This palm is incredibly tolerant of drought, wind and sun.

by palmbob Jul 24, 2003 5:20 PM

This one is growing in a more watered area and looks a bit more lush (still So Cal- Pasadena)

by palmbob Jul 24, 2003 5:20 PM

Here are some growing along an avenue in the San Fernando Valley, California showing some nice curve to their trunks. These are probably 25 years old

by palmbob Jul 24, 2003 5:20 PM

This is an unusual variety called 'Strictor' in which the leaves hardly recurve at all. This one is in Pasadena, California.

by palmbob Jul 24, 2003 5:20 PM

by Happenstance Aug 30, 2003 12:57 PM

by palmbob Sep 21, 2003 12:39 PM

flowers

by palmbob Sep 21, 2003 12:39 PM

Ripe seed on the tree- these are delicious!

by palmbob Dec 14, 2003 8:47 AM

ripe fruit on the ground around an exceptionally thick trunked tree

by palmbob Dec 14, 2003 8:47 AM

by DivaElena Jan 11, 2004 3:38 PM

Greener form called Butia bonnettii (just a green leaved synonym) in Pasadena California's Huntington Gardens

by palmbob May 4, 2004 10:53 PM

by Happenstance Jul 12, 2004 10:16 AM

by Happenstance Jul 20, 2004 8:43 AM

Jelly Palm Tree - Fence is about 5.5 feet for size comparison.

by Scarlete Jul 23, 2004 6:47 AM

Fruit from tree. Smells like apricots. Tasted fairly sweet, seed was black.

by Scarlete Jul 24, 2004 5:57 AM

Fruit as it was on tree. I should note these are taken July 22, 2004.

by Scarlete Jul 25, 2004 5:57 AM

Near base of tree. This tree is over-run with Ferns.

by Scarlete Jul 23, 2004 5:57 AM

Unripened. July 22, 2004

by Scarlete Jul 23, 2004 5:57 AM

trunk detail before leaf bases eventually fall off, Los Angeles

by palmbob Aug 1, 2004 7:48 AM

ready for the eating right off the ground- yum! (watch out for the large seed)

by palmbob Sep 24, 2004 1:41 PM

Ripe fruit for Halloween 2004

by Happenstance Nov 1, 2004 10:40 AM

3 quarts of fruit yield 4 cups of finished jelly

by Happenstance Nov 4, 2004 11:27 AM

old palm in los Angeles- about 25' of trunk

by palmbob Jan 21, 2006 10:19 PM

Here is a Jelly Palm in San Diego with a Moreton Bay fig and a Staghorn fern growing out of the trunk.

by OregonCoastSeth Feb 20, 2006 10:38 PM

Large Pindo Palm in downtown Tallahassee park, October 2005

by nick89 Apr 14, 2006 6:14 PM

two plants in Los Angeles showing color variation of leaves

by palmbob May 11, 2006 10:26 PM

Makes a good potted plant, even as an adult. This one growing in Disneyland

by palmbob May 22, 2006 11:11 PM

A happy, green Butia growing in the sandy soil in the southern part of Macon, GA (zone 8a)

by Alan_Taylor Sep 1, 2006 11:40 PM

this butia is in full sun location all but the late in the day. Planted as a healthy 15 gallon specimen 2 1/2 years ago. In hot dry arizona, it likes the sun, except late day sun in the hot summer.

by desertpalm Sep 28, 2006 10:07 PM

same palm as photographed above, a few years later, only now a huge cactus is growing in its leaf bases up to the crown. Just shows what you can do with these palms if inventive...

by palmbob Oct 4, 2006 4:45 PM

Jelly Palm

by jeri11 Nov 29, 2006 11:24 PM

Jelly Palm blooms

by jeri11 Nov 29, 2006 11:26 PM

Nice grey leaves on this older, well cared-for tree in Los Angeles park, southern California

by palmbob Dec 23, 2006 4:12 PM

very old and over-pruned street palms in Pasadena California

by palmbob Feb 16, 2007 12:59 PM

this is a larger pindo palm near the back gate to Shipyard Plantation on Hilton Head Island

by 1cros3nails4gvn Mar 12, 2007 9:50 PM

this is the insde "zoomed-in" view of the crown of a larger pindo palm near the back gate to Shipyard Plantation on Hilton Head Island

by 1cros3nails4gvn Mar 12, 2007 9:49 PM

I have 2 pics of my Butia here in Chicago this pic takin end of april

by imcuban2 May 9, 2007 3:13 AM

This one was takin in march of my butia under snow

by imcuban2 May 10, 2007 3:05 AM

double butias

by 1cros3nails4gvn May 23, 2007 3:55 AM

crown and flowers bluffton, south carolina

by 1cros3nails4gvn May 14, 2007 3:45 AM

Growing happily at UC Berkeley Botanical Garden.

by Kell Aug 19, 2007 2:01 PM

Growing happily at UC Berkeley Botanical Garden.

by Kell Aug 19, 2007 4:11 AM

by Kell Aug 19, 2007 4:27 AM

by Kell Aug 19, 2007 2:01 PM

here is another Butia capitata 'Strictor' full of seed. What is interesting is the seed is literally half the size of the normal Butia seed. southern California

by palmbob Oct 6, 2007 12:12 AM

Here are three 'strictor' seeds and two 'normal' Butia seed

by palmbob Oct 6, 2007 12:13 AM

particularly tall tree (about 22' of trunk)

by palmbob Oct 6, 2007 12:14 AM

by mustangman826 Jan 24, 2008 5:00 AM

by mustangman826 Jan 29, 2008 12:31 PM

by fleurone Jan 29, 2008 1:46 PM

by fleurone Jan 29, 2008 1:47 PM

by mustangman826 Feb 9, 2008 2:04 AM

by fleurone Mar 24, 2008 1:31 AM

Just getting started...in Rancho Mirage, CA...

by GoLonnyCA Apr 8, 2008 12:15 AM

Pindo palm grown from seed. 1 1/2 years old

by Jul 6, 2008 4:38 AM

Grown in Tucson

by ddschlager Aug 19, 2008 4:00 AM

Grown in Tucson, doing well

by ddschlager Aug 19, 2008 4:00 AM

by melissalawren Sep 25, 2008 3:29 AM

Image Courtesy of D'Asign Source Botanicals

by DSBotanicals Oct 23, 2008 8:54 PM

older palm with most of the leaf bases either having been removed, or rotted off from being in a well watered lawn

by palmbob Mar 4, 2009 8:12 AM

by richard01 Jul 15, 2009 3:05 PM

grey plant in Los Angeles

by palmbob May 1, 2010 10:25 PM

cut leaf bases of very old tree, Los Angeles

by palmbob May 1, 2010 10:26 PM

by cactus_lover Jul 17, 2010 11:14 AM

seed after fruit eaten away

by palmbob Oct 22, 2010 8:32 PM

by cactus_lover Dec 9, 2010 9:46 AM

by Clare_CA Jul 11, 2011 1:20 PM

by Clare_CA Jul 11, 2011 1:21 PM

University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley

by growin Jul 29, 2011 8:59 PM

University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley

by growin Jul 29, 2011 9:01 PM