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Ptychosperma ambiguum

 
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Family: Arecaceae (ar-ek-AY-see-ee) (Info)
Genus: Ptychosperma (tik-oh-SPER-muh) (Info)
Species: ambiguum (am-BIG-yoo-um) (Info)

Category:
Palms

Height:
12-15 ft. (3.6-4.7 m)

Spacing:
Unknown - Tell us

Hardiness:
USDA Zone 10b: to 1.7 °C (35 °F)
USDA Zone 11: above 4.5 °C (40 °F)

Sun Exposure:
Sun to Partial Shade
Light Shade

Danger:
Unknown - Tell us

Bloom Color:
Unknown - Tell us

Bloom Time:
Unknown - Tell us

Foliage:
Evergreen

Other details:
Unknown - Tell us

Soil pH requirements:
Unknown - Tell us

Patent Information:
Unknown - Tell us

Propagation Methods:
Unknown - Tell us

Seed Collecting:
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Gardeners' Notes:

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Neutral palmbob On Jun 16, 2004, palmbob from Tarzana, CA (Zone 9b) wrote:

ambiguum is definitely the right word... only sources I can find for this palm in the literature say it is a solitary palm, yet all the photos and plants I have personally seen are suckeing palms... nothing matches... but since I am more swayed by what I see, than what I read (escecially if not written by a researcher) I will assume this is a suckering species- from New Guinea. Has drooping leaves with long, premorse leaflets and a fairly open crown, as the suckers are arched away from the center, making it a particularly ornamental palm.



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