Latania Species, Yellow Latan Palm

This variety Yellow Latania is from Rodrigues and is not so common even rare in gardens and in habitats . Unlike the Blue Latania which i...Read Mores commonly seen in garden and in nurseries . The seeds are divided in 3 at the bottom like a "trident" . In fact all 3 Latanias are very dictinguishable by there seeds, like in the pic. The Red Latania is in fact the easier and quicker to sprout than the 2 others and the seeds are thick and short with little patterns. The Blue Latania seeds are more nicely patterned and Yellow Latania seeds are long and thin and the patterns are parallel , also at the bottom it ends like a " trident " and the fruits of that are longer and slender than the B. Latania

This palm has more yellow coloration as both a seedling as well as an adult from the other two Latania species (hence the name). It is a...Read Moren attractive relative of the Bismarckia palm. And an adult palm looks a lot like a Bismarckia. However, as a seedling it is quite strikingly colorful, having a lot of bright yellow on the petioles.