Nice Series on Palms On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 2:12 PM, raman <[email protected]> wrote:
> Florida Thatch Palm is an attractive fan palm growing up to 15 ft with a > graceful slender trunk. Trunks can grow 30-40 ft tall, but are only 5 > inches thick. It develops numerous 3 ft palmate leaves which have up to 60 > pleat-like segments. The segments extend two-thirds into the blade and have > drooping tips. Leaves are dark green above, silvery beneath. Leaft stalks > are about 3 ft long. Flowers are borne in sprays 3-4 ft long, with many > short yellowish branches bearing white bisexual flowers. Fruit is round, > 1.2 cm wide, white when ripe. This is a very slow growing pine. This palm > does well in humid weather, and is native to coastal areas of the North > American continent. > > Raman > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
