Ggrace, it wasn't my intent to generalize ALL palms. I am fully aware of the many thousands of varieties. I believe though that Vue intended this to be your average coconut palm, which as far as I know have significantly thicker bases. In searching the web I couldn't find any that looked like the Vue palms altogether. The top portions, yes, but not the trunks. And then you have the Cycads with short stocky trunks, and the ones that you described that are thicker at the top. But I have never seen any that resemble the ones in Vue.