Verschaffeltia

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Read about Verschaffeltia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Verschaffeltia (Ambroise Verschaffelt, 1825-1886, distinguished Belgian horticulturist; founded L' Illustration Horticole at Ghent in 1854 and introduced many choice plants, particularly palms and other foliage plants). Palmaceae, tribe Areceae. A tall palm, spinose throughout or at length spineless. Trunks slender, ringed, arising from above-ground roots: lvs. terminal, recurved; blade oblong or cuneate-obovate, bifid, plicate-nerved, usually laciniate nearly to the rachis: segms. incised; midrib and nerves strong, scaly; petiole half-cylindrical; sheath long, scaly, deeply split: spadix 3-6 ft. long, paniculately branched, long-peduncled, recurved, scaly, its rachis long, and branches and branchlets spreading, slender: spathes 2 or 3, long, sheathing, the lower persistent, the upper deciduous: fls. very small: fr. globose, smooth, 1 in. long. — A genus of only 1 species from the Seychelles. Cult. as in Latania. V. melanochaetes, H. Wendl.-Roscheria. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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