Ravenea Species, Dwarf Majesty Palm

I have two potted. Smaller one that I will put outside in summer in dappled light and the other much larger one I've kept indoors all yea...Read Morer mostly because soil it's in is almost like a fine orchid mix so doesn't provide much support and the palm fronds are so large they would like a sail in the wind.

Moderate growth speed, but not slow. They are spider mite magnets for me and will damage easily if you don't keep an eye on them to keep them washed off or treated.

I may have to find a different place for larger one(has been in front of east facing window) which promotes the spider mites. May have to put either in basement with other low light palms where I don't have the mite problem or repot into more compacted..yet still well draining soil and put it in protected area outside for the season. GORGEOUS palm though if you can find one.

I have noting good to say about the "Ravenea" palms to me all of Suck. I say your Better going off with Palms that can known to be good f...Read Moreor inside and out. Just go for Cuban Rolay Palms.

I have this palm growing in Full Sun here in Miami and it is doing awesome. I bought it in 2004 as a seedling and it is already over 8' ...Read Moretall. Hoping to get seeds out of it soon. Has a beautiful thin trunk about 3' tall. This is such a wonderful palm to grow. Dark green leaves.

Definitely not for full sun in SoCal. I carefully acclimated mine, and it looked good until about May. After that it started burning, a...Read Morend I've been forced to put a shadecloth over it. I'll remove the shadcloth in a couple years when the other palms around the R. hildebrandtii grow up enough to protect it. It has produced maybe eight leaves since I planted it in Spring 2004, but not much fattening of the base in that time (went from 3 cm diamter to about 5 cm diamter). Hopefully I'll see some trunk soon.