Synonymy:
Cyrtostachys lakka
Common Names:
Lipstick Palm
Sealing Wax Palm
Distribution & Habitat:
Found in lowland coastal swamps throughout south-east Asia.
Description:
A medium sized clumping pinnate palm to about 6m tall.
A spectacularly beautifull plant, with almost unbelievably
vivid red crownshaft, and petioles.
General:
A very popular garden and landscaping plant in south-east Asia,
but unfortunately virtually ungrowable outside the tropics.
Culture:
This plant is renowned for being extremely cold sensitive.
Any temperature drop below about 15° C. is usually fatal.
In the tropics however, its an easy plant to grow,
provided it gets lots of water, and lots of sun.
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Figure 1. A nice clump of C. renda
in Kuching, Borneo.
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Figure 2. Two mature clumps outside the Kuching Musuem, Borneo.
Figure 3. C. renda
| Contributed by:
| Mike Gray (Figure 1&2)
| | Gileno Machado (Figure 3)
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