Ptychosperma vestitum
Ptychosperma (tee-koh-SPEHR-mah) vestitum (vehs-TEET-uhm) | |||||||
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Habitat and Distribution
Papua New Guinea.Description
Culture
Cold Hardiness Zone: 10b
Comments and Curiosities
"Solitary pinnate palm from Papua New Guinea. with very wide, almost fishtail like leaflets not closely spaces along the petiles. Trunk about 3-4" in diameter. Not sure how tall it gets. Attractively ringed trunk." (Geoff Stein)
External Links
References
Phonetic spelling of Latin names by edric.
Special thanks to Geoff Stein, (Palmbob) for his hundreds of photos.
Special thanks to Palmweb.org, Dr. John Dransfield, Dr. Bill Baker & team, for their volumes of information and photos.
Glossary of Palm Terms; Based on the glossary in Dransfield, J., N.W. Uhl, C.B. Asmussen-Lange, W.J. Baker, M.M. Harley & C.E. Lewis. 2008. Genera Palmarum - Evolution and Classification of the Palms. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. All images copyright of the artists and photographers (see images for credits).
Many Special Thanks to Ed Vaile for his long hours of tireless editing and numerous contributions.