There is no question as to what it is. Mark Lynn sprays his Butias down. Then bags and tags and cages his Butia's so there is no cross pollination involved. He has taken all the guess work out of any of the Hybrids he does. He has been doing Hybrids for over 15 years and has a 99 percent success rate. I believe the one you have seen photos of is Mark Heaths in Orlando. Which is definatley questionable as he did bag his tree so anything could have pollinated it and is just wishfull thinking. In my opinion he has a backcross which we have and that it resembles.

If by splitting you mean fanning out since it already appears to be splitting, then you still have a LOT of growing ahead of you. My mexican fan palm is in it's "I'm gonna grow and you can't stop me!!!" stage. That's what I call the insanely fast growing stage. It's only a year old in August. I saw split leaves as early as last month (June 2013). So, for a mexican fan palm, in a pot you'd see split leaves in about 10 months at average with great care. But Fan fronds on my mexican fan palm still have until maybe next Christmas or the Christmas after that. We'll see. I would assume that you should expect fan fronds in the next 2-3 years on your palm. And as for TropicalBreezent: You shouldn't joke about being addicted to palm trees. It's very serious! I wake up every morning with a palm tree in my face. When I open my eyes, all I hear is "BOO!!!" Like the blasted thing is gonna jump at me!!! JK. I love palm trees so much that I want to move to Florida just to see a palm tree around every corner. They are natural legal narcotics that the government cannot arrest you for possessing. They make me feel relaxed when I care for them. Long live Palm Trees!!! :-)

I didn't plant anything directly into the ground this year, as most of my stuff is still small and need to get good roots going. So I overwinter inside with grow lights and humidifier. I pot planted everything I wanted this summer. I water every other day and feed 1 time a week (Peter's 20-20-20). Because of the heat and watering, I must say that everything I have pot planted is absolutly THRIVING. In the front, I have a Pachypodium Gaeyi that's about 2' tall. An Cycas Edule No. Mexico thats about 2' trunked, a 3' banyan tree and a 5' Faxonia that gets people coming to my door and asking about it. The Faxonia is growing at an unbelievable rate with this heat. It grows at least an inch every two days and puts out new shoots almost every day. In the back I have one Robusta about 2' trunk with one leave opening and one leaf poking out. Another Robusta 4' trunk with new leaf opening. Yellow Groove Bamboo with 1/2 inch culms, PDP with 6" trunk, Valencia Orange tree, 2 Rostrata with both putting new leaves every day, 4 King Sago's with one being a juvenile w/ no new flushes, another one that had not flushed in 2 years but it flushed this year with a set of 6, another one that produced a 10 flush and the biggest flushed THIRTEEN this week. I have a 6" Hystrix (currently putting on new leaf), 6" Sabal Minor, 2 Takils both with 1' trunk and both putting on new leaf, Phoenix Theo w/ 6" trunk and a Pineapple that is doing GREAT! THats what I have pot planted outside. But inside I many trees of Royal Palms, Cycas Edule, Taraw Palm, Zamia Floridana, Zamia sp., Butterfly Palm, Livistona Chinensis, Canary Island Date Palm, Robusta, Filifera, Filibusta, Fortunei, Butia Yatay, and a few others. dbrya1, Get your butt in here more. Us Kansas guys need to stick together. It's so cool to talk to somebody close that shares your hobby.

Thank you for responding. After spending a few hours reading through many articles on palm diseases, deficiencies and parasites, I believe you are right. I also found an article that mentioned yellow/brown spotting as an indication that I may be over watering. I'm not sure how often you water or how long they have been in the ground, but if the spots are spreading it could be over watering. I You've bought some great palms. I got mine at Home Depot. Great deal. Do you mind telling me where the nursery is? I'd love to buy several more.