Monkey Tail Palm

 

Endemic to Costa Rica to Ecuador

Jelly Bean Palm, Palmilla Palm, Monkey Tail Palm

       

Synechanthus fibrosus

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      You are bidding on * live bare root seedlings with vigorous root systems 6-12+ inches tall with bifid leaves born and grown in Hawaii.

      These palms are less than 1 year old. The petioles (leaf stems) and the leaves are a glossy green.  

Ready to be put in a 1-3 gallon container. 

         A nice, unusual understory palm that one can use instead of a Chamaedorea.  Has beautiful colorful fruit.

 

Maintenance: Treat as if it is an average Chamaedorea.

Speed of growth: Medium

Height: About 10 to 15 feet

Soil requirements: Rich, well draining, Moist dark crumbly clay with thick layer of leaves/detritus.

Sun Requirements: Filtered light or shade.  Too much sun burns the leaves.

            Monkey Tail Palms are small understory palms and similar to Chamaedorea is an exotic palm species where it grows in light, humid seasonal tropical lowland rainforest below 1200 m elevation. Monkey Tail Palm forms a slender trunk to about 12 ft. tall, topped by a orange crownshaft and a spreading crown of elegantly arching leaves with about 40 broad leaves. It is very fast growing and a very rewarding palm for the humid tropics.

Family: Arecaceae (ar-ek-AY-see-ay)
Genus: Synechanthus
Species: fibrosus (fy-BROH-sus)

        A very attractive medium sized, solitary palm with a slender, ringed trunk, and a purple or orange crownshaft to about 3m. It has an upright crown of lightly arching leaves with drooping leaflets. The leaf undersides and rhachis has an unusual bluish/violet color.

 

        Palms of the small genus Synechanthus are recognized by their understory habit, usually pinnately compound leaf-blades, and long-pedunculate inflorescence. with numerous, slender, angled rachillae, tiny flowers, and large, bright yellow to red fruits. In Costa Rica, Synechanthus is the only close relative of the much larger genus Chamaedorea. The two genera are similar and easily confused, but Chamaedorea differs in being dioecious. Moreover, Synechanthus is unique among Costa Rican palms.

        Flowers minute, yellow, arranged in linear groups of 5-13 male flowers above a basal female one. Fruits ellipsoid, ca. 2 cm long, yellow to orange, turning bright red at full maturity, very soft when ripe. Solitary. Stem green, naked. Small prop roots. Trunk has nice rings on it and the fruit is held away from the trunk and quite attractive. Immature fruit green to yellow mature fruit orange and red, soft.

      Monkey Tail Palm does pretty well in southern California if given protection from hot winds, cold winds and sun. It is a solitary pinnate palm from Central America where it can grow up to 15' tall. It has arching 4' leaves with large, wide, lancelote leaflets arranged in a somewhat plumose pattern around the petioles. It can succeed as a house plant.  

S. fibrosus fruits

      This tall attractive solitary palm species can reach a height of up to 15 ft. It has a slender, smooth, closely ringed trunk with a orange crown splashed with green and black, with gracefully arching, dark green leaves. A long crownshaft; and arching leaves with drooping segments with tips that appear jagged and torn. It is suitable for moist sub-tropical and tropical climates.

       Sunny, moist, but well drained position, in the tropics or sub-tropics. Prefers shade as a youngster, but grows into full sun. A fast grower. prefers partial shade or partial sun to full sun; soil should be well drained. Requires consistently moist soil, Rich and sandy; do not let dry out between waterings.

Inflorescence: Branched, born below the crownshaft.

Height: 10-15 ft.

Hardiness: USDA Zone 9b: to 25 °F

Sun Exposure: Full Shade, Partial Sun to Light Shade

Cold Hardiness: 26-28ºs F.

Trunk type: Single trunk, very thin trunk.

Leaf type:  Pinnate with somewhat irregular width leaflets and some spacing or grouping to the leaflets.

Suckering/Solitary: Solitary, compared to Synechanthus warscewiczianus which suckers.

Of the tribe Arecceae, and genus Synechanthus it is also known by the botanic name

Synechanthus fibrosus

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