Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Attractive but is it a Palm, 0 by johnpeten

johnpeten wrote:
I have spent quite some time looking around. The Panama Hat plant Carludovica Palmata looks the most promising. It's disposition looks a little different in some photos but the leaves certainly look the same, photo attached my plant is on the right. The photos appear to show plants growing in clumps which would cause the difference.
I think the clincher is the Guatemala Flora which describes this plant and states it is found where I live in the Peten. Peten is the most northerly Department of Guatemala and has a large frontier with Mexico.
My plant appears to be a young one but having been buried in the Jungle is probably retarded. The latest new leaf is twice the size of the others.which indicates it is now a lot happier.Perhaps it will flower next year. With plenty of "Off" spray and long pants I will search my woods to see if there are anymore.
In the meantime I suppose I had better learn how to make Panama Hats...chuckle.