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Revision as of 08:15, 13 September 2014

Pronunciation: RAY-piss eck-SELL-suh


Common Name: Lady Palm, Bamboo Palm

Rhapis excelsa is a very commonly grown palm all over the world, and turns out to be a very good palm for many areas of southern California, both indoors as well as outdoors. Numerous dwarf and variegated cultivars exist and highly prized.

Appearance and Biology
  • Habit: suckering with crowns of dozens of fan leaves
  • Height: 6'
  • Trunk: multiple; 1" thick; covered with dense weave of fiber and tiny leaf bases; much of stem has live leaves for much of its length (if watered well)
  • Crownshaft: none
  • Spread: 3'-15'+
  • Leaf Description: palmate; deeply divided to petiole forming 3-7 leaflets; spoke-like half-circles; leaflet ends end abruptly with flat ragged edge (premorse); 2' long; deep green and shiny
  • Petiole/Leaf bases: fine, arching; unarmed; 12"-16" long
  • Reproduction: dioecious
  • Inflorescence: 8"-10" long; white flower
  • Fruit: 1/2", spherical, white
  • Seed:
Horticultural Characteristics
  • Minimum Temp: 22F
  • Drought Tolerance: moderate
  • Dry Heat Tolerance: good
  • Wind Tolerance: moderate
  • Salt Tolerance: low
  • Growth Rate: very slow to slow with age; some cultivars exceptionally slow growing
  • Soil Preference: very widely adaptable
  • Light Requirement: full sun to full shade
  • Human Hazards: none
  • Disease or Horticultural Problems: indoor often plagued with mealy bugs; outdoor in full sun tends to look blanched or yellowy in hot, inland areas
  • Transplants?: good
  • Indoor?: excellent- one of the very best indoor of all palms
  • Availability: commonly available at many standard nurseries; numerous cultivars and variegated forms much more difficult to find and costly, but many available from on line nurseries

  • Huntington gardens, California

  • Huntington gardens

  • ] Los Angeles zoo

  • Huntington Gardens, California

  • Huntington gardens, trimmed plants

  • Los Angeles coastal mountains

  • mall plant

  • Huntington gardens, California

  • Hawaii

  • Palm Desert, various forms

  • Palm Desert

  • Palm Desert, California

  • variety Tenzan, Palm Desert

  • Tenzan form

  • Tenzan variety, Palm Desert

  • Tenzan form

  • Koban form, indoors

  • Koban form leaf

  • leaf shot

  • rhizomatous roots digging up asphalt

  • golden form, Thailand

  • bonsai form, Singapore botanical gardens

  • vareigated forms, Thailand, Nong Nooch gardens

  • variegated plants in Nong Nooch Gardens, Hawaii

  • Thailand, Nong Nooch gardens

  • Thailand

  • Nong Nooch gardens, Thailand

  • Hawaii

  • Hawaii outlet nursery

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