Palms   Salacca magnifica

Synonymy: None Common Names: None Habitat: Moist areas at the base of cliffs, in Borneo rainforest. Description: An extremely impressive palm, with very long (to 6m), undivided leaves. It is a clustering palm, which doesn't trunk. Very spiny. General: A truly stunning palm which is slowly becoming more common in collections, but is still very expensive. Culture: Warm, sheltered, lightly shaded, very moist position. Prefers a tropical climate, but plants can be grown quite successfully in the warm subtropics.

Figure 1. A S. magnifica which is starting to hit its stride. At Utopia Palms&Cycads, south-east Queensland.

Figure 2. A nicely clustering specimen in New Caledonia.

Contributed by:	Mike Gray (Figure 1)
	Rolf Kyburz, K-Palms (Figure 2).

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