Pronunciation: bass-uh-LIN-ee-uh fah-vee-AIR-eye
Common Name: none
Basselinia favieri is one of the more robust of the Basselinias and though there is a mature palm in Ventura, California, it is otherwise an extremely rare palm for this state.
Appearance and Biology
- Habit: solitary with a crown of 6-8 feather leaves
- Height: 10' estimate
- Trunk: single; 4"-5" thick; ringed; pale colored
- Crownshaft: 18" tall; light to lime green; wider than trunk
- Spread: 5'-10'
- Leaf Description: pinnate; slightly recurved; leaflets upright in narrow 'V' pattern; lime green; 3'-6' long
- Petiole/Leaf bases: 1"-4" long; yellow-green; unarmed
- Reproduction: monoecious
- Inflorescence: below crownshaft; several orders of branching; wide pedicle; 2'+ long
- Fruit: spherical; 1/2" thick; dark red when ripe
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Horticultural Characteristics
- Minimum Temp: 30F
- Drought Tolerance: low
- Dry Heat Tolerance: low
- Wind Tolerance: low
- Salt Tolerance: unknown
- Growth Rate: very slow to slow
- Soil Preference: moist, rich, acidic and well draining
- Light Requirement: shade to filtered light
- Human Hazards: none
- Disease or Horticultural Problems: struggles with low humidity
- Transplants?: unknown
- Indoor?: unknown
- Availability: very rare
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