You've found parallels for the bottom 1/3rd of the plant. How do you explain the top 2/3s (the long skinny curving stalk and asymmetric flowers)?
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Also, a quick question... Palms with that kind of base tend to be from China (it looks like it might be a Chinese Chu-san or windmill palm Trachycarpus fortunei ?). Do you happen to know which kind of palm is in the pic? My guess might be wrong, but palm trees don't all have that form of base. I could hunt for it, but it's probably easier to ask.
Chamaerops humilis (European palm) has a different pattern at the base (and on the stems), with blunt leaf scars:
![[Image: Chamaerops_humilis_%28Zingaro%29015.jpg]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/Chamaerops_humilis_%28Zingaro%29015.jpg)
The one that's in many of the medieval herbals is Phoenix dactylifera, which also has a different pattern (blunter and larger):
![[Image: 5749ff1f281e4_Phoenixdactylifera1977-04-...44ff69.jpg]](http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/uploads/monthly_2016_05/5749ff1f281e4_Phoenixdactylifera1977-04-10.jpg.6128e0d8a0162c6a48f641fba544ff69.jpg)
Here's a drawing of P. dactylifera as a seeding:
![[Image: IMG_7014.JPG]](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EMMZ7F8NYaI/U9P6A7DUp0I/AAAAAAAAWR0/pOjRu_ccrZA/s1600/IMG_7014.JPG)
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Also, a quick question... Palms with that kind of base tend to be from China (it looks like it might be a Chinese Chu-san or windmill palm Trachycarpus fortunei ?). Do you happen to know which kind of palm is in the pic? My guess might be wrong, but palm trees don't all have that form of base. I could hunt for it, but it's probably easier to ask.
Chamaerops humilis (European palm) has a different pattern at the base (and on the stems), with blunt leaf scars:
The one that's in many of the medieval herbals is Phoenix dactylifera, which also has a different pattern (blunter and larger):
Here's a drawing of P. dactylifera as a seeding: