Hi. Good Luck growing those out. I wonder what a filibusta looks like. Here in my town, there are robusta and filifera growing but I haven't seen any trees that look like it has traits of both. The only odd thing I see is that some of the robustas retain their bootjacks so their trunks look thicker. Could those trees be filibustas?

Looking nice! Keep us updated. I have never had much luck with Washys as potted plants (never tried them in the ground), but if I ever saw one again at a decent price, I would definitely give them another try.
-Alex

Thanks y'all. I think the filibustas will do much better here then the robust. It can handle wet weather better and its a bit more hardy then the robust. I got 2 for just 30 bucks and they added an extra one. It was a pretty good deal I couldn't turn down. I'll keep y'all posted as they start growing.

care to share where it came from I'm always up for ordering from people sending free palms lol

Just search up washingtonia filibusta on eBay and there's a seller there selling them mike.

Here are some of the most famous filibustas at Willie Mays plaza. Notice how much thicker and columnar they are compared to regular robusta.

I though filibustas had a much thicker trunk then that. More like the filifera

They are not as thick as filifera and definitely much fatter than robusta. The landscape architects specifically ordered Washingtonia hybrids(filibusta) for this design due to its hardiness and growth habit.

I got three from a friend's garden in San Diego. She called them "weeds". One woman's trash is another's treasure!

Hi. I went shopping this morning and I noticed many robusta palms that had very skinny trunks. I also saw many with thicker trunks and also massive filiferas. I guess the thing to keep in mind is how thin the trunks are on robustas when I see a filibusta. There are many filibustas around this area it seems. I wonder how much cross pollination occurs in Washingtonia though, since the flowers of both sexes are produced on the same tree.

In my experience with small filibustas, they look very much like robusta but more hair. There are traits that resemble filifera if you know what to look for. They have red trunks like robusta.

Very true but the teeth are different color (orange I believe).

This post was edited by prinbama on Wed, Apr 17, 13 at 6:46