Palms as in trees
Focus on palms by species, especially featuring the 80-odd palm species that I had planted at Heliconia Haven, my past rainforest abode in the Toldeo Distric of Belize. Captivating images in general of palms and palm products will be found here as well. While living in Belize, I was specializing in palms native to Belize (had planted19 of 38).
My preference was to plant palms which are endangered or which have proven most useful in their habitats. Learn more at BelizeHank.com/palmlist.htm
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Pacific Copa Palm (Iriartea deltoidea)
Pacific Copa Palm (Iriartea deltoidea) is native to the Pacific coast rainforests of Central and South America, from Ecuador to Bolivia. It is a canopy tree growing to 20m–35m tall. 4-7 large, dark green, plumose leaves sit at the top of a thick, grey trunk that is often swollen in the middle. The fronds are up to 5m long, and feather shaped. The numerous pinnae are fan-shaped and held in various planes. A dense thicket of black stilt roots grows out of its base.
Key Thatch Palm (Leucothrinax morrisii)
Key Thatch Palm (Leucothrinax morrisii) is native to the Greater Antilles, northern Lesser Antilles, The Bahamas and the Florida Keys. It is a palmate-leaved palm with solitary brown or grey stems growing1m–11m tall and c5m–35cm in diameter. The leaves are pale blue-green or yellow-green above and whitish on the undersides. The inflorescences extend beyond the leaves and are 55cm–1m long. The fruit are white and turn yellow as they mature.
Walking Stick Palm (Linospadix monostachya)
Walking Stick Palm (Linospadix monostachya) is a small solitary palm growing to about 3m tall with a trunk diameter of up to 3cm. It has dark green pinnate fronds with end two leaflets broader than the others. The flowering spike is long and slender, arching downwards. The fruit is red and grows along the length of the spike after flowering. The trunk used to be made into walking sticks.
Dypsis mirabilis/Dypsis paludosa.
1 gl palm. Dypsis mirabilis is native to the East coast of Madagascar. It grows in the White sand that develops in the pockets of peat swamp. This palm is listed as endangered by IUCN. The solitary under-story-palm, can grow to 2.5 m. The pinnate leaves and bright Maroon trunk, really turn heads, in the garden. This palm does really well when grown in containers.
