Category: Palms and Cycads

Rare & Unusual Tropical Trees & Plants, Flowering, Fruit, Native, Palm, Bamboo, Heliconia, Hummingbird, Butterfly

Palms to Herald the Rainy Season, Part II

We continue with our survey of palms you should consider planting at the start of the rainy season: Chelyocarpus chuco, a native of Bolivia and Brazil, is still uncommon locally. It produces glossy, circular palmate leaves and grow to 30-40 ft. in southern Florida. Seedlings need light shade, but older plants handle full sun. This…
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May 16, 2014 0

Palms to Herald the Rainy Season

The rainy season is just around the corner. We know that in southern Florida May 20 marks the usual beginning of the rainiest part of the year, but why? Heat and humidity build throughout the spring until they reach the point of generating rainfall without the intervention of a cold front. The dew point is…
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May 9, 2014 0

Unusual Palm Seedlings

Normally, Richard Lyons’ Nursery offers large specimen Palm Trees for the landscape.  While this is still true, the nursery has recently purchased seeds of some hard to find palm tree species.  These have germinated, and they have been transplanted into 1 gal. containers for sale.  So, if you are patient enough to wait, and watch…
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September 1, 2013 0

Bamboo Palm (Chamaedorea seifrizii)

The term ‘Bamboo Palm’ has been applied to several palm species because of their resemblance to genuine bamboo.  What each of the ersatz bamboos features in common is multiple smooth stems interrupted by horizontal rings.  Over time Chamaedorea seifrizii probably has been the most frequently-cited and dependable of the so-called Bamboo Palms. Chamaedorea is a…
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April 27, 2013 0

Lady Palm (Rhapis excelsa)

Almost everyone, whether a plant lover or not, knows the Lady Palm — if not by name, at least by sight — for it is one of the most successful indoor palms in use.  Because of its easy adaptability to low light and dry air, it graces interior landscapes in containers of all sizes at malls, offices, hotels and airports. …
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April 6, 2013 0