Common Names:
Curly palm,
Sentry palm
Conservation Status:
Not threatened
Distribution & Habitat:
Mountainous forest on Lord Howe Island.
Description:
A medium sized solitary pinnate palm to about 10m tall,
with evenly spaced, dark green, adaxially angled leaflets
which give it an angular appearance.
Quite similar in appearance to
H. forsteriana
but
hybridization is very exceptional although there are a few
palms growing on Lord Howe Island which produce seed
productive of both the Howeas.
Culture:
This is a very adaptable palm, and it will thrive in positions
from very low light indoors thru to full sun.
It prefers a temperate thru to sub-topical climate,
not being at all happy in the tropics.
And it likes the standard moist, but well drained soil.
Its seeds take 2 years to fully ripen.
It deteriorates more rapidly when grown as a pot plant and is
more susceptible to mites than H. forsteriana
is.
It also grows comparatively slowly. For all these reasons,
H. forsteriana
is the commercially preferred plant.
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Figure 1. H. belmoreana
in habitat, Lord Howe Island.
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Figure 2. H. belmoreana
crown view.
Figure 3. H. belmoreana
in picturesque habitat.
| Contributed by:
| John and Jean Price (Figure 1) (from Palms & Cycads No. 57, Oct-Dec 1997).
| | Jo Wilkins (Figure 2&3)
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