Hello friends! So this is Washingtonia Robusta and a lot of people ask themselves how to see the difference between a Robusta and a Filifera. Well it is quite simple once you know how to look for it. So first thing this quite easily seeing are the patio base so the leaf bases and on the Robusta they are clearly red brownish colored but on the Filifera they're almost green. Then the second thing you can clearly see is the spines on the Robusta they are really aggressive and they continue all the way along to the leaf themselves. On the Filifera they are irregular and not as aggressive and they stop so here you don't have spines so the threads are in typical for the Filifera as the name might indicate the Robusta has them as well but the most easiest way to tell the difference between Robusta and a Filifera is one the stem. Robusta is slander straight upwards where the Filifera is big and massive and another one is their leaves. Robusta has deep green shiny leaves. They are flat and the segments aren't as deeply cut out so generally speaking they're only cut to the middle of the leaf. This makes the leaves really nice white open. On the Filifera the leaf color is more gray and on the Filifera the segments are cut out much deeper so the leaf isn't as nicely flat as on the Robusta. So here I have a little Filifera planted outside in Belgium. On the subject this small the differences aren't as clear on the big subject of course but you can already see that the leaf basis like the clear darkish brown red color you can also see that it lacks the tricom and all the way inside the dastula. So the leaf segments are cut out more irregular as on the Robusta and you can also see that it lacks the spines. Another Robusta over here to show the difference the tricom is way more present the spines are aggressive and all the way to the top. So this side you can also see that are a lot of differences. My Robusta there has really clear brown petal basis where the Robusta is almost green you still can see the brown a little bit further down but it's quite green so yes there are quite some differences even between the same species. So for the culture the main difference is that the Robusta can handle about minus six degrees Celsius where the Filifera can handle a little bit more like minus nine degrees Celsius but there's a bad. The Robusta really handles humid cold climate well where the Filifera really hates humidity and prefers really dry climates. So this is why the Filifera is harder to get for winter in my Belgium climate. This is the first attempt in the ground where the Robusta over there is planted for almost nine years now I think. It's the first one to start up every spring of course it gets a little bit of protection as soon as temperatures go down under minus three degrees Celsius and when it goes even lower I put a heating cable around it. So for this Filifera I will take I will put a cover on top just to be sure that it keeps out of humidity but I'm pretty confident that it will grow as well as the Robusta as it doesn't grow as fast I think it will be easier to protect as well. So this one I planted only this year it had a little bit of a hard time the first month but then it really kicked off. This season was really dry and heat and you can see it does brilliant. Of course there are always some exceptions and that is when Robusta mixes up with a Filifera that is where you get Filibusta. So in places where you see a lot of Filifera and a lot of Robusta as you can see Washingtonia has a little bit of both characteristics like for example the brownish leaf base but almost no spines on the pettios or a lot of spines on the pettios but green pettios. So then we have a Filibusta and in order of the number of characteristics that it has more you will say it is a Washingtonia Filibusta Robusta or Washingtonia Filibusta Filifera. So guys I hope you like this video I hope you can now easily see the difference and it will help you to look for seeds when you're on holiday on tropical locations don't forget to like or subscribe and I see you in the very next video bye bye