Cycas–commonly called sago palm–is a palm-like evergreen plant that belongs to the Cycadaceae family, or cycads. Cycads are neither ferns nor palms; they are cone-bearing relatives of conifers; they are ancient plants. Cycas bear a rosette of dark green, featherlike leaves that grow from a central point at the top of a single trunk, sometimes…
Areca pam–botanical name Dypsis lutescens –is a graceful, feathery palm with clumps of slender, reedlike canes and arching, shiny, lance-shaped yellowish-green fronds. Dypsis is a genus of about 20 species of single- or cluster-stemmed palms. Only one is grown as a houseplant, Dypsis lutescens, formerly Chrysalidocarpus lutescens. Areca palm prefers full sun but will grow…
Chamaerops–commonly called dwarf fan palm or Mediterranean fan palm–is a bushy palm with bluish or grayish-green leaves. It has multiple stiff, spiny stems that emerge from a fiber-covered base. At the top of each stem is a dark green, fan-shaped frond. Each frond is divided into many sword-shaped sections. Chamaerops is one of the hardiest…
Chamaedorea–often called parlor palm–is a slender feathery palm with canelike stems. It has graceful, arching green fronds. Indoors Chamaedorea grows to about 3 feet (1m) tall with fronds about 18 inches (45cm) long. The fronds tend to grow upward rather than out. Chamaedorea is best grown in bright filtered or indirect light indoors. Outdoors it…
Caryota–commonly called fishtail palm–is a palm grown for its broad, divided, deep green leaves that resemble the tail of a fish. The finely divided leaves have leaflets that are flattened and split at the tips like fish tails. Cayota is a tropical plant native to Southeast Asia. It is often grown as a houseplant in…
Carica papaya is a tropical evergreen tree commonly grown for its sweet-flavored, buttery-textured fruit. Carica also can be grown as a houseplant; it bears interesting deeply lobed fanlike leaves. There are two types of papaya: Hawaiian or “yellow papaya” and Mexican or “red papaya”. Yellow, Hawaiian, papaya has yellow skin when ripe. Hawaiian papayas are pear-shaped…
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