All Palm collections are superb Raman Ji. Thanks for sharing Regards
prasad On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 3:18 PM, Balkar Singh <balkara...@gmail.com> wrote: > Nice Series on Palms > > > On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 2:12 PM, raman <raman_arunacha...@yahoo.com> 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 > -- Prasad Kumar Dash Ecologist, Odisha, India email: prasad.dash2...@gmail.com ph. 09437444241
