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Sealing Wax Palm

Cyrtostachys renda

Photo by CoralAvery
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Field Notes

Description:

Rare Sealing Wax Palm (of Puerto Rico) with red, spotted trunk and thin, light fronds.

Habitat:

Spotted in planter in New Orleans Square at Disneyland, Anaheim

Notes:

Cultivated in Hawaii.

Reference Links:

File:University of Puerto Rico Botanical Gardens 01.jpg, Plants of Hawaii: Cyrtostachys renda (Sealing wax palm)

Species ID Suggestions

Sealing Wax Palm
MatthewKritzer
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Comments (3)
CoralAvery
The red makes it pop a lot more, it's really special.
MatthewKritzer
You are welcome...I have 10 or 12 planted on my property here in Costa Rica...they are very slow growing but magnificent at maturity...

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PublishedOctober 15, 2011

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