| Life form | Tree |
| Family | Aracaceae |
| Origin | Comoros, Madagascar |
| Ease of cultivation | Easy with small difficulties |
| The size | From 1,5 to 4 m in a pot |
| Growth rate | Sufficient high |
| Lifespan | Perennial plant, from 3 to 8 years and more in a pot |
| Temperature | In summer: the upper limit is 82,4 ° F, in the winter the lower limit is 60,8-64,4 ° F. The optimum temperature is 68-71,6 ° F. |
| Humidity | Increased not less than 50%, it is necessary to spray equal every day or every other day. This procedure also prevents the occurrence of a spider mite. |
| Lighting | Bright direct light from 6 to 8 hours a day. Suitable south, west and east window, on the south window in the hottest hours of the need to make shade. |
| The soil | Suitable well drained air permeable primer. For the soil of own preparation, take: 1 part of turf ground, 1 part of coarse-grained sand or perlite, 1 part of wet peat or humus (leaf land). Requires a pot with a hole. At the bottom of the pot must pour a layer of drainage of expanded clay 2.5-5 cm thick. |
| Watering | Abundant with soft water at room temperature, 1-2 times a week, the soil should not be too moist, but should never dry completely. |
| Fertilizer | From spring to autumn, regularly feed once every 2-3 weeks with a soluble fertilizer for palms. |
| Reproduction | Seed propagation is possible, which must be fresh, because very quickly lose their germination. Seeds are soaked for 2-3 days in water at a temperature of 86 ° F, plated in a mixture of peat and perlite and germinated under the film at a temperature of 68-77 ° F. The first sheet appears in 2-3 months. |
| Bloom | In the home culture almost does not bloom. |
| Transfer | In the spring, once every 2-3 years. Like all palms, it does not respond well to transplantation. In large specimens, it is sufficient to change the topsoil. Requires a deep pot with a diameter of 35-40 cm, because roots grow down. |
| Features of care | In the summer it is desirable to take out on the street. It is necessary to remove the brown leaves in time, their petioles are cut at a distance of 8 cm from the trunk. |
| Difficulties | It is affected quite often by a spider mite, scutellum and mealybugs. With excessive moisture, rotting of the root system is possible. Reddish and brown spots on the leaves indicate a fungal disease and excessive soil moisture. Leaves leaves turn yellow with excess watering and turn brown, on the contrary, insufficient. Dry leaf tips are formed when kept in too dry air. To wilt and darken the leaves begin at too low a temperature and drafts. |
| Air cleaning | – |
| Toxicity | – |
