anyone know what species or other info on the palm trees in the yard at Hotel blessing in Blessing, texas? I have uploaded pictures of the tree but they show up as the first reply. Please see photo and notice the long thorns or spikes near the base of each branch. They are quite lond, ridig and extremely sharp. (please note that the tree pictured is from a seed taken from the blessing tree. )
Thank you for your input. Did you notice in the photo the long ridig extremely sharp spikes or thorns at the base of each branch?
That's what pretty much ensure that it is a member of Phoenix. How big around was the trunk? P. canariensis is a HUGE tree with a FAT trunk, even very young; it's relative P. robelinii is a much smaller in girth. I say this to play devil's advocate, and because I know that P. canariensis has bright yellow-orange inflorescences, while the second picture of this one shows a white inflorescence, which is common to P. robelinii.
Thank you for your help. I got the tree in a coffee can about 6 years ago. it was only about 3 or 4 inches tall. The dia of the trunk is approx 22 inches. Is it a date tree?
Thanks again. I wish I had a photo of tree that the seed came from. The one at the hotel ( which the seed came from) is at least 60 foot high with close to a three ft trunk. Maybe I can get a pic. Also this tree is already 7 ft tall and growing. I need to clear this up. I have confused the question . To clear it up let me say that the blessing hotel tree is where the seed come from and the pictures are from that seed. I do not have a picture of the parent tree at the hotel.
Ah, now that's a different kettle of fish. Did the one at the hotel look anything like the one in the link I posted?
At that size it's virtually guaranteed to be Phoenix dactylifera, the edible Date. You won't be getting any fruit as they sour here due to rain and humidity. HTH Chris
Actually no Date gets that large here on it's own. They die off in a big freeze every 20 or 30 years . Fruiting Dates are hauled in at sizes approaching the posters description, however I've never seen an Canary Island Date that large shipped, though I suppose it might be possible.
Down here, they're shipped up to 10 feet of trunk height, bound up on flatbed trucks. Mostly though the ones available are about 3 feet tall when you see them at nurseries.