~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 young palms with vigorous
root systems 12-24+ inches tall with 2-5 leaves born and grown in Hawaii.
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These
palms are more than 2 years 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 will burn the
leaves.
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photo of similar palm |
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.
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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.
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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.
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photos of adult palms |
S. fibrosus fruits |
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.
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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.
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Of the tribe Arecceae, and genus Synechanthus it is also
known by the botanic name
Synechanthus fibrosus |
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Rare Palm Seeds
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Seller warrants seed to be of the variety and quantity advertised.
Safe delivery is guaranteed and seeds lost or damaged during shipment will be replaced at seller's expense. Claims must be made within 7 days of shipment.
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weed controls, fungicides, insecticides, disease free soil, and reasonable weather
conditions during the growing period. Germination is affected by such factors as
temperature, moisture content, light intensity and contamination of planting media. These
factors are totally out of the seller's control and are the buyer's responsibility and
risk. Consequentially, the seller cannot unconditionally guarantee seed to perform
properly regardless of conditions or the buyer's methods or mistakes.
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