Lady Palm Tree - Rhapsis excelsa
Lady Palm, Rhapis excelsa, is an ideal office plant. Very large, 6 – 7 feet Lady palms can be seen growing in 25 gallon containers in extremely low lighted areas inside the Hotel and are placed at dark corners at several covered outside walkways that receive only small amounts of reflective indirect sunlight. This palm may become your office or home favorite. Lady palm trees grow 10 feet.
The Lady Palm tree historically dates back to the 1600’s when Japanese and Chinese propagated the palm trees to be grown inside the Imperial residences. The Lady palm trees were imported by European monarchs and admired because of their qualities of long-life, easy maintenance and unique beauty and their attraction to be used as an ornamental plant. Lady Palm trees, Rhapsis excelsa, can grow twelve feet tall in clumps or clusters under low artificial light. Very few palm trees have the advantage of large indoor growing as does the Lady Palm tree, Rhapsis excelsa.
The Lady Palm Tree is a delicate plant but tough and thrives easily as an indoor container plant, where it grows vigorously with enough water and fertilizer into large clumps. The stems of the Lady Palm Tree are covered with fibers, and the stems of the Lady Palm Tree can grow outside to 10 feet tall and multiply rapidly to form a dense plant hedge in outdoor landscapes. The Lady Palm is used to make a Japanese garden and is commonly found in malls in giant bush clusters or in office and commercial indoor entrance gardens. The Lady Palm Tree foliage will tolerate cold temperatures of the mid twenties but will resurge in the Spring after temperatures in the teens.
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