Palms   Dictyocaryum lamarckianum

Common Names: Andean Royal Palm Distribution & Habitat: It grows in Andean cloud forest from Panama to Bolivia at up to 2000 metres altitude. Description: A spectacular palm to 25 metres high with a smooth, thin, slightly swollen trunk, black stilt roots and a long, bluey/gray crownshaft. It has a crown of up to 6 very large plumose leaves than can be up to 5 metres long and which have long, stiff leaflets. Culture: Renowned as difficult to grow, it demands very high humidity year round, but can withstand quite cool conditions.

Figure 1. D. lamarckianum

Figure 2. D. lamarckianum crownshaft detail.

Contributed by:

Bo-Göran, Lundkvist Palm Garden (Figure 1&2)

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