Veitchia merreilii green | Adonidia merreilii Live plants
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- Common name:
- Manila Palm, Christmas Palm, Dwarf Royal Palm, Adonidia Palm
- Category:
- Palms and Cycads
- Family:
- Palmae or Coconut family
- Light:
- Sun growing, Semi shade
- Water:
- Normal, Can tolerate less, Can tolerate more
- Primarily grown for:
- Foliage
- Flowering season:
- Flowers are inconspicuous
- Foliage color:
- Green
- Plant Height or length:
- 8 to 12 meters
- Plant Spread or Width:
- 4 to 6 meters
- Plant Form:
- Upright or Erect
- Special Character:
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- Auspicious or Feng Shui plant
- Good for screening
- Suitable for road median planting
- Suitable for avenue planting
- Salt or salinity tolerant
- Good on seaside
- Grows best in humid and warm regions
- Generally available in India in quantities of:
- Over hundreds
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Plant Description:
- - A very compact and versatile palm. Can be planted as single specimens in very small spaces or as groups in larger ones.
- Highly recommended for planting near swimming pools. The bright red fruit stays on the plant for several weeks and looks very pretty.
- Nation Philippine Islands.
- After Elmer D.Merrill - plant explorer of the asian tropics, former director of the Arnold Arboretum.
- Solitary trunked, monoecious, pinnate leaved palm.
- Grow to height 50 ft.
- Light to dark gray trunk 1 ft in diameter.
- The leaves are 6 - 8 ft long, short petiole, 1 ft long.
- There are usually 12 strongly arching leaves per plant.
- Flower and fruit with as little as 3 ft of trunk. -
Growing tips:
- - Quick growing plant.
- Plant will grow happily in sunny position.
- Potted plant good for indoor decoration in bright light.
- Good drainage soil.
- It tolerates salt spray but not a candidate for saline soils.
