Palms   Geonoma deversa

Synonymy: Unknown Habitat: South American rainforest. Description: A very attractive, small, clustering, pinnate palm to about 4m (13ft). The leaves are highly variable and reddish when young. Culture: Likes it warm, sheltered and moist.

Figure 1. G. deversa at PACSOA show, Mt Cootha Botanical Gardens, Brisbane.

Figure 2. G. deversa in habitat, near the Andes, the Amazon.

Contributed by:	Ian Edwards (Figure 1)
	Gaston Torres Vera, Cordoba, Argentina (Images copyright Argentina Palms) (Figure 2)

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