Ceroxylon quindiuense (3)
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Common Names:
Andean Wax Palm
Distribution & Habitat:
Moist slopes of the Columbian Andes, South America.
Description:
An extremely tall (to 60m) feather palm, with a wax covered crownshaft, and leaf underside, which gives it a silvery grey colouring.
General:
One of the worlds tallest palms. Humboldt described these as "a forest over the forest".
Culture:
Likes temperate, but frost free areas - cool, humid, and moist. Very difficult to grow outside these areas.
Cocora Valley, Colombia.
in Cocora Valley.
Cocora Valley in Colombia, famous for its wax palms.
Contributed by:
Michael Calonje,
Collectors Seeds (Figure 2,3&4)
