Phoenix theophrasti ancient Greek ‘father of botany,’ had described several types of palms, including one from Crete. Apart from the usually inedible dates and upright fruit clusters, the Cretan species can appear quite similar to the cultivated date ("Phoenix dactylifera"). "Phoenix theophrasti" grows up to 15 m tall, usually with several slender stems. The leaves are pinnate, 2–3 m long, with numerous rigid greyish-green linear leaflets 15–50 cm long on each side of the central rachis. Dead leaves are marcescent, remaining attached to the stem for years after withering. The fruit is an oval yellowish-brown drupe 1.5 cm long and 1 cm
The Price of the Phoenix Charles A. Spano, Jr., which Roddenberry was only indirectly involved. Marshak and Culbreath were not interested in professional literary criticism, but they were very interested in fan reactions and feedback, writing to "Interstat", "We have been extremely interested in all of the reviews of ["The Price of the Phoenix"] in the fan literature." In "Interstat" #1, a fan submitted essay entitled "What Hath Bantam Wrought?" compares "The Price of the Phoenix" to the previously released novel, "Spock, Messiah!". The fan writes, if "Messiah!" "is insulting to women," then in "The Price of the Phoenix" "everyone becomes a woman," and that