IB I just bought one the other day that looks like yours except bigger. Could you elaborate on the "creeping trunk" thing? I don't know what that is. I was hoping I have the real deal but there's a good chance I don't. I have it side by side with my "pure" forunei and there is some differences in appearance although I know fortunei has numerous variations.
Here are some pics of mine. How does it compare to yours?

What I mean by creeping trunk is when it was younger, it did not seem to grow a vertical trunk, it just kept growing sideways instead of up, as you can see by the grouping of old boots to one side of the trunk of mine.

Ok I see. On mine it just has a slight "boot" you can't really see it in the pic. No where near as prominent as yours. And compared to yours mine doesn't have the twisted hastula. I don't believe. Even if I it is not a takil and is a nainital I still like it especially the dark green stiff fronds.

Ryan

First off,it is Nainital,which is a great palm-

So glad you posted pics of this...
I bought one around the same time(from the same place!),I am looking through my
photobucket account right now to see(approx)when I got it/first posted pics.......
My theory is Nainital is a hybrid between Takil/Fortunei-
no way to prove it BUT-they do have some similar features...

One thing that is odd is that there seems to be 2 versions of
Nainital,one is darker green/faster growing ans one is(at least while small)
slower growing and slightly more yellow in color-at least compared to ours....this greener version
seems slightly less hardy than the other and has pulled every spring
whereas the smaller/slower/yellower version has not!

Heres one of the first pics I ever took of mine-notice it
has longer petioles(like e-worm73's) from being grown out of direct sun/wind.
Unfortunately no date on the pics )-:
I am guessing April 2008

Later that same year before protection started -no more long
petioles/more compact.

//////////////////11-08-08///////////////////////

Recovering from s-pull 4-26-09/This one has proved to be a wicked fast grower!

11-23-09

Pulled again!
March 3 2009

Last year in Oct

This year 7-16-09 (-:

Ligules are the strappy leaf sheathes that new growth comes out of.
Notice in some of the pics that the Ligules are like straps
and loose-a real Takil's Ligules look like this-usually
accompanied by heavy tomentum on the petioles and trunk.

Jim thanks for the info. I hope my "greeny" is a fast grower. I am kinda on the impatient side sometimes. I just checked out the growing point on my nainital and it does has a small amount of tomentum especially when compared to my fortunei of the same size. Right now it will probably remain in a pot til next season as I am undecided on where it's permenant home will be (ongonig negotiaions with the wife). My hope is for it to put out at least two more fronds before winter. It has a spear standing tall but almost no signs of it opening. It looked like it wasn't given TLC at the nursery remember it was shoved way back in a corner. I replanted it into a slightly larger pot, gave it a small amount of slow release palm fert and gave it a shot of fish emulsion with it's first watering. Hope that does the trick.

Looks like one of the faster variety-time will tell.

Be careful about fertilizing after transplanting,
very easy to burn the (possibly)damaged roots.
Better to wait a while,better still to use a root
stimulator after replanting/planting.