Palms   Acoelorrhaphe wrightii

Synonyms: Paurotis wrightii , P. androsana , Acanthosabal caespitosa Common Names: Paurotis Palm, Silver Saw Palmetto, Everglades Palm Habitat: Moist, sandy soil, often swamps (usually coastal), around the Carribbean coast from Florida to the West Indies. Description: A very attractive clumping plant, with distinctive silvery fan leaves, and a fibrous sheath around the trunk. If given the right conditions, (sun, water, and warmth) it can form a very large clump, several metres across, and up to about 5 metres high.

Figure 1. Illustrating the silvery, fan shaped leaves

General:
This is a very ornamental plant, and quite a quick grower, but because of the size that it can reach, it is usually best planted in open spaces (unless you're quite handy with a pruning saw to lop out the occasional trunk).

Culture:
Full sun, and lots of water (likes to be able to get into ground water). Also reasonably cold tolerant.

Figure 2. Close-up of the fibrous sheath, and trunk.

Contributed by:

University of Florida-IFAS (Figures 1&2)

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