Monday, June 28, 2010

Canary Island Palm


Phoenix canariensis, Canary island palm is known as the kinds inside a palme family, Arecaceae, indigenous to the Canary Islands. It's a family member in Phoenix dactylifera, the actual date palm. This is a great sole palm, 10-20 meters in height. The foliage is pinnate, 4-6 meters long, together with 80-100 leaflets on both sides of the central rachis. The berry is an oblong, yellow-colored to orange drupe 2 centimetres long and 1 centimetres diameter and that contains a single big seed; the berry pulp is actually edible however too tiny being worth ingesting.

The most used popular name in English is "Canary Island Date Palm". The well-known name in Spanish speaking countries as well as in the Canary Islands is "Palmera Canaria".

Monday, March 22, 2010

King Palm

A King palm (Alexandra palm) is a gorgeous palm tree native to Queeensland, Australia. A King palm naturally grows in coastal rainforest in places which are often inundated during heavy rain events. In landscapes a King palm is often used as an ornamental tropical plant.A King palm is extremely popular in Australia, where it can be found in far south. Alexander palms are often planted in clusters and palm groupings. The palms are densely planted along the roads in tropical and subtropical regions of the world.
A King palm produces cream to greenish male and female flowers on the same inflorescence. Beautiful flower stalk coming from below the crownshaft. They are uo to 3 feet long.