Stunning Livistona in the Living Room


The Senegal date palm is variable in shape and form but tends to grow as clumps composed of multiple stems. These slender stems are covered with brown fiber and tend to curve away from the center of the clump in graceful arcs.
Rhapis is considered one of the few “Japanese” palms, but it is actually a “naturalized” palm, with origins in China several centuries ago. However, it is believed that Japan originally introduced the rhapis palm to the west, as early as the Tokugawa era (1600s to mid-1800s).
Lesson learned: no more store-bought black dirt in my potting mix!
It’s been a great summer of growing, and these little palms are showing their health and beauty. 一つでもとても魅力的ですが2つ組み合わせるととても素敵です。