Even though I have managed to keep one of these alive in zone 9b, I would not label it as a 9b species... it grows OK in zone 10a in sout...Read Morehern California, but never really looks good there (severely brown-tipped leaves). It is an attractive, solitary pinnate palm from New Guinea where it grows up to 30' tall. It has premorse (bitten-off-looking) leaflets and a mildly bulging light green crownshaft, holding up some 10 or more 10' long slight arching but mostly straight out perpendicular to the ground leaves. Slow growing even in the tropics. This palm looks a lot like a Ptychosperma.
Even though I have managed to keep one of these alive in zone 9b, I would not label it as a 9b species... it grows OK in zone 10a in sout...Read More