Beginner Gardening: Is There Ever Too Much of Luping's Basil?, 1 by Metrosideros

Metrosideros wrote:
Hi Ican, I think you might have a Bottle Palm, Hyophorbe lagenicaulis. The young plants have fronds with an orange mid-rib, that get large and gently arched with a twist. Your plant looks a bit etiolated from growing indoors.)

It is closely related to a Spindle Palm, Hyophorbe vershaffeltii. The fronds are sharply arched.

Below is a photo of a young Bottle Palm, grown from seed. It is just a few years old. They take a long time to get large and show a bottle-like trunk.

E komo mai; Welcome Katrina.

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Aloha, Dave