December 9th, 2006, 02:22 PM
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Palm Identification
I picked up this palm a few weeks ago at my local supermarket, I know its a palm but I dont know what kind it is. All it says is "Assorted Palms: Easy to grow plants have graceful divided leaves" When I was looking at it, it actually looks like its 3 palms in one container; 1 big one in the center and 2 small ones on the side. Does anybody know what type of palm this is? It doesnt really look like the popular "Parlor Palm" but I could be mistaken.
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December 9th, 2006, 06:23 PM
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Palm tree identification
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December 9th, 2006, 09:57 PM
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Plant Enthusiast (1000+ posts)
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Re: Palm tree identification
Looks like you have Ravenea rivularis, Majesty palm which is often sold as a multiple planting.
Cheers, LPN.
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December 10th, 2006, 04:24 PM
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Plant Enthusiast (1000+ posts)
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Re: Palm Identification
Look up (images of) Kentia and Areca palms (and I may be totally off base here!). Actually it reminds me even more of a 'cardboard' palm - not in the actual leaf structure, but its stiffness.
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December 10th, 2006, 07:46 PM
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Re: Palm Identification
Cerainly not a parlor palm (Chamaedorea elegans) and also looks wrong for "kentia" (Howea) or "areca" (Dypsis/Chrysalidocarpus). The feature I notice is the apparently blunt or even square tips of the leaflets, but your pic is not sharp enough to see clearly.
One possibility that occurs to me is Arenga engleri.
If you could get a good clear shot of the frond undersides, near the tip, that might help.
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December 11th, 2006, 09:28 AM
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Re: Palm Identification
Does it's being plugged in to the power supply affect how it grows?
:-)
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December 11th, 2006, 03:18 PM
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UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research
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Re: Palm Identification
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December 11th, 2006, 04:39 PM
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Re: Palm Identification
Thanks Daniel.
Cheers, Barrie.
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December 11th, 2006, 04:53 PM
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Re: Palm Identification
I have the same plant, I thought it was a Kentia,I may be wrong. I do know for theses winter months keep these guys in lots of humidity mine started losing branches so I moved it to the kitchen and run a pan of water and it seems to do a little better. good luck with it! it's a beautiful plant to have.
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