Palms   Coccothrinax crinita

Common Names: Thatch Palm Old Man Palm Habitat: Cuba Description: A truely striking palm, with its trunk completely covered in a thick layer of wool-like fibre. General: A very popular collectors plant, altho still far from common. Culture: A warm, well drained position in the full sun. Very slow growing.

Figure 1. Excellent view of the trunk. (Click image for larger view.)

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Contributed by:	Rolf Kyburz, K-Palms
	Tony Huntington (Figure 3).
Reproduced from	PALMS & CYCADS No. 44, July-Sept 1994 (Figure 1).

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