HORT 325 Plant ID Lab #5

Chamaedorea elegans (Parlour Palm)

Rhapis excelsa (Lady Palm)

Chrysalidocarpus lutescens (Areca Palm)

Howea forsteriana (Kentia Palm)

Chamaedorea seifrizii (Bamboo Palm)

Caryota mitis (Fishtail Palm)

Phoenix robelenii (Pygmy Date Palm)

Coco nucifera (Coconut Palm)

Adonidia merrillii (Manila Palm)

Ravenea rivularis (Majesty Palm)

Chamaedorea cataractarum (Cat Palm)

Licuala grandis (Ruffled Fan Palm)

Washingtonia robusta (Mexican Fan Palm)

Bismarckia nobilis (Bismark Palm)

Neodypsis decaryi (Triangle Palm)

Victorian style, small, pinnate leaves, L, bush form

Chamaedorea elegens (Parlour Palm)

Glossy, palmate frond, bush form, medium, L-M

Rhapis excelsa (Lady Palm)

Bright green foliage, yellow boots w/ freckles, M-H, pinnate leaves, overall fountain/v shape

Chrysalidocarpus lutescens (Areca Palm)

L, dark green, wide leaflet, upward angled leaflets, netting on boot, medium-large

Howea fosteriana (Kentia Palm)

Elongated light stem, papery & grasslike boot, L, pinnate leaf, wider spaced leaflets, medium-large, vertical growth

Chamaedorea seifrizii (Bamboo Palm)

Leaflets look like fish tail, bipinnate leaves, M-H, netting around boot, large, huge fronds, gray-green leaves

Caryota mitis (Fishtail Palm)

H, medium, pinnate leaves, leaves become thorny toward boot, fibrous orangy boot, fronds come off top

Phoenix robelenii (Pygmy Date Palm)

Yellow & green foliage, pinnate leaves, long draping leaflets, very fibrous boot, high humidity, coconuts used in design sometimes, M-H, small or large

Coco nucifera (Coconut Palm)

High humidity, leaves curl at tips, green boot, ribbed scarring, swollen trunk base, M-H, medium-large

Adonidia merrillii (Manila Palm)

Pinnate leaves, medium-large, broader leaflets & frond, leaflets directly across each other, M, bush form 2-3 in pot, grow for boots, bulbous brown round boot

Ravenea rivularis (Majesty Palm)

Green boots rounded at base, vertical, M-H, thicker than bamboo palm, medium

Chamaedorea cataractarum (Cat Palm)

Palmate fused leaflets, accordion like, L, glossy leaves, thorns by boot, medium

Licuala grandis (Ruffled Fan Palm)

Palmate leaves, large leaves, ½ of leaflets fused other ½ not, pineapple looking boot, medium-large, H, thorns around boot

Washingtonia robusta (Mexican Fan Palm)

Blueish gray, H, more light makes more blue, medium-large, medium leaves vertical, large leaves droop, palmate leaves

Bismarckia nobilis (Bismark Palm)

3 sets of fronds build up, 3 flat sides on trunk, long narrow leaves, design for boot shape, pinnate leaves, M-H, medium-large, larger is better

Neodypsis decaryi (Triangle Palm)

Chamaedorea elegens (Parlour Palm)

L

Rhapis excelsa (Lady Palm)

L-M

Chrysalidocarpus lutescens (Areca Palm)

M-H

Howea fosteriana (Kentia Palm)

L

Chamaedorea seifrizii (Bamboo Palm)

L

Caryota mitis (Fishtail Palm)

M-H

Phoenix robelenii (Pygmy Date Palm)

H

Coco nucifera (Coconut Palm)

M-H

Adonidia merrillii (Manila Palm)

M-H

Ravenea rivularis (Majesty Palm)

M

Chamaedorea cataractarum (Cat Palm)

M-H

Licuala grandis (Ruffled Fan Palm)

L

Washingtonia robusta (Mexican Fan Palm)

H

Bismarckia nobilis (Bismark Palm)

H

Neodypsis decaryi (Triangle Palm)

M-H