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'''Common Name''': Foxy Lady Palm
 
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'''''Wodyetia x Veitchia''''' is a unique and rare hybrid of two palms, both which can grow in some of the better climates of California, but which also has true hybrid vigor.  It not only grows much faster than either its parents, at least here in California, but it also has better cold tolerance, doing quite well in our 9b zones, in which either parent is very marginal.  There also seems to be a rather unusual incidence of variegation in this hybrid.  It is a beautiful palm as well.  Whether it has the dry heat tolerance of Wodyetia is not known yet, but perhaps someone will discover that soon.
 
'''''Wodyetia x Veitchia''''' is a unique and rare hybrid of two palms, both which can grow in some of the better climates of California, but which also has true hybrid vigor.  It not only grows much faster than either its parents, at least here in California, but it also has better cold tolerance, doing quite well in our 9b zones, in which either parent is very marginal.  There also seems to be a rather unusual incidence of variegation in this hybrid.  It is a beautiful palm as well.  Whether it has the dry heat tolerance of Wodyetia is not known yet, but perhaps someone will discover that soon.
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*'''Human Hazards''': none
 
*'''Human Hazards''': none
 
*'''Disease or Horticultural Problems''': none
 
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*'''Transplants?''': some reports are that this plant moves fairly well
 
*'''Indoor?''': not likely to do well in low light
 
*'''Indoor?''': not likely to do well in low light
 
*'''Availability''': very rare still, but periodically available at palm specialty nurseries or through palm seed catalogues  
 
*'''Availability''': very rare still, but periodically available at palm specialty nurseries or through palm seed catalogues  
 
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File:Wodyetia x Veitchia 1 levine.JPG|Vista, California
 
File:Wodyetia x Veitchia 1 levine.JPG|Vista, California
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File:Foxy lady palm H.jpg|Huntington gardens, California
 
File:Foxy lady palm H.jpg|Huntington gardens, California
 
File:Foxy lady palm in full Burciaga.jpg|Los Angeles
 
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File:Wodyetia X Foxy lady.JPG|Hawaii
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File:Foxy lady shot 1.jpg|Los Angeles
 
File:Foxy lady Piercy.jpg|Hawaii
 
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File:Foxy lady palm.JPG|Huntington gardens
 
File:Foxy lady palm young AN.jpg|young palm, San Fernando valley, California
 
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File:Foxy lady palm 2.jpg|Huntington gardens
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File:Foxy lady and maybe foxy lady.jpg|Hawaii, on left; Veitchia on right
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File:Foxy lady 2.JPG|Topanga, California
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File:Foxy lady 3.jpg|Hawaii
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File:Wodyetia X Veitchia {Foxy Lady} variegated  NN.jpg|variegated palm, Nong Nooch tropical gardens, Thailand
 
File:Wodyetia X Veitchia {Foxy Lady} variegated  NN.jpg|variegated palm, Nong Nooch tropical gardens, Thailand
 
File:Foxy lady crown variegated DO.jpg|variegated palm in Hawaii
 
File:Foxy lady crown variegated DO.jpg|variegated palm in Hawaii
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File:Foxy lady variegated shot w DO.jpg|Hawaii, variegated
 
File:Foxy lady variegated shot w DO.jpg|Hawaii, variegated
 
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File:Foxy lady variegated lB.jpg|Long Beach, California
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File:Foxy lady varieg.jpg|young variegated palm in Los Angeles, getting too much sun
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File:Foxy lady leaf base and spike LB.jpg|leaf base and base of spike in California
 
File:Foxy lady flowers.jpg|inflorescence
 
File:Foxy lady flowers.jpg|inflorescence
 
File:Foxy lady seed in tree.jpg|seed forming
 
File:Foxy lady seed in tree.jpg|seed forming
 
File:Foxy lady fallen seed.jpg|seed below tree, Hawaii
 
File:Foxy lady fallen seed.jpg|seed below tree, Hawaii
 
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Latest revision as of 17:34, 20 September 2015

Pronunciation: wod-YET-ee-uh bye-fur-KAT-ee-uh cross VEECH-ee-uh air-uh-CEE-nuh


Common Name: Foxy Lady Palm

Wodyetia x Veitchia is a unique and rare hybrid of two palms, both which can grow in some of the better climates of California, but which also has true hybrid vigor. It not only grows much faster than either its parents, at least here in California, but it also has better cold tolerance, doing quite well in our 9b zones, in which either parent is very marginal. There also seems to be a rather unusual incidence of variegation in this hybrid. It is a beautiful palm as well. Whether it has the dry heat tolerance of Wodyetia is not known yet, but perhaps someone will discover that soon.

Appearance and Biology
  • Habit: solitary with a crown of 10-12 feather leaves
  • Height: 35'
  • Trunk: single; 12" in diameter; ringed; grey at bottom but pale glaucous green near top; often tapering a bit from bottom to top
  • Crownshaft: 18"-24" slate grey to grey below; same diameter as trunk and a bit smaller near the top
  • Spread: 8'
  • Leaf Description: pinnate; mildly plumose (two ranks of leaves but nearly on same plane); bright green; 6'-8' long; drooping near tip of leaf; leaflets markedly pendant and premorse; leaflets very densely spaced along rachis
  • Petiole/Leaf bases: 6" long; whitish with blackish collar that goes around the trunk (part of its Veitchia heritage)
  • Reproduction: sterile?
  • Inflorescence: 2' long; horizontally oriented; from below crownshaft; many branched
  • Fruit: 1.5" long; oblong/ pointed at the ends; pale green to orange when ripe
Horticultural Characteristics
  • Minimum Temp: 25F
  • Drought Tolerance: moderate
  • Dry Heat Tolerance: moderate?
  • Wind Tolerance: moderate
  • Salt Tolerance: likely low
  • Growth Rate: moderate to fast with age
  • Soil Preference: adaptable
  • Light Requirement: partial to full sun (filtered light for variegated palms)
  • Human Hazards: none
  • Disease or Horticultural Problems: none
  • Transplants?: some reports are that this plant moves fairly well
  • Indoor?: not likely to do well in low light
  • Availability: very rare still, but periodically available at palm specialty nurseries or through palm seed catalogues


  • Vista, California

  • Vista, California

  • San Diego county, California

  • Vista, California

  • Sherman Oaks, California

  • Huntington gardens, California

  • Los Angeles

  • Hawaii

  • Los Angeles

  • Hawaii

  • Hawaii

  • Huntington gardens

  • young palm, San Fernando valley, California

  • Huntington gardens

  • Huntington gardens

  • Hawaii

  • Hawaii, on left; Veitchia on right

  • Hawaii

  • Hawaii

  • Topanga, California

  • Hawaii

  • variegated palm in Hawaii

  • Foxy lady variegated.jpg

  • Hawaii, variegated

  • Hawaii, variegated

  • Long Beach, California

  • young variegated palm in Los Angeles, getting too much sun

  • leaf base and base of spike in California

  • inflorescence

  • seed forming

  • seed below tree, Hawaii

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