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Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Mesic
Dry Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9b -3.9 °C (25 °F) to -1.1 °C (30 °F)
Plant Height: 10 to 20 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Fruit: Edible to birds
Fruiting Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Suitable Locations: Beach Front
Patio/Ornamental/Small Tree
Uses: Provides winter interest
Shade Tree
Wildlife Attractant: Birds
Other Beneficial Insects: millipedes live in some parts of the hair on the trunk
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Drought tolerant
Salt tolerant
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Conservation status: Critically Endangered (CR)

Conservation status:
Conservation status: Critically Endangered
Image
Common names
  • Old Man Palm
  • Thatch Palm
  • Cuban Thatch Palm
  • Longsofthair Silverpalm

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Location: Sumatera Indonesia
Date: 2017-11-09
Location: Barbados
Date: 2014-08-24
Location: Holmes Beach FL
Date: 2014-11-25
9 foot Old Man Palm we recently planted.
Location: Barbados
Date: 2013-12-17
Location: Barbados
Date: 2013-12-17
Trunk
Location: Holmes Beach FL
Date: 2014-11-25
Uploaded by hawkarica
Uploaded by hawkarica

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