Cryosophila Species, Broom Palm, Guaguara Palm, Rootspine Palm, Silver Star Palm

These palms occur in the rainforests of Costa Rica(Pacific lowlands)
Farmers clearing land to plant crops or pasture respect them...Read More and leave them .
I guess becuase they are beautifull, lustery leaves and white underside.In the forest I saw an 8 meter high specimen, with seedlings around.
I would not recomend them for gardens because of the spines,only for collectionistas and Botanical gardens.The seeds are covered with leaves, will send photo.

This beautiful and charming, medium sized fan palm from Central America has curious roots-transformed-to-spines that cover the slender tr...Read Moreunk. The soft leaves are dark green above and silvery-white below and form a compact crown. Elegant and attractive, essential in the palm collection, excellent for the subtropical and tropical garden and one of the few fan palms that really do well indoors.

This is the most commonly grown species of Cryosophila in southern CAlifornia and it is a striking specimen palm, with circular, deeply a...Read Morend irregularly split fan leaves and nearly pure white undersides. This palm is susceptible to hot, dry winds, but has some good frost tolerance as well as tolerance of low light situations, making it an excellent indoor palm. It seems totally resistant to spider mites which are the bane of most indoor palm species. This palm, like all Cryosophilas, has rootspines near the bottom of the trunk (the darker and wetter it's kept, the higher up the trunk the spines emerge). This palm is native to Costa Rica and Panama.