Pritchardia Species, Loulu Palm, Waianae Range Pritchardia

This has been a good grower for me, though it is a bit 'ordinary' looking for a Pritchardia. The seedlings have a nice yellowy stripe do...Read Morewn the center of the leaves, but otherwise it could be a P hillebrandii- standard mod sized leaves, not quite semicircular, moderately split and green petioles. It is a moderately slow palm (but not as slow as P martii) and a bit touchy about direct, hot sun. In So Cal, prefers some shade in hotter parts of the day. This species is from Oahu and it is in danger of extinction there. There are many of them in cultivation around the world now.