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'''''Socratea exorrhiza''''', the '''Walking Palm''' or '''Cashapona''', is a [[Arecaceae|palm]] native to [[rainforest]]s in tropical [[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]]. It can grow to 25 meters in height, with a stem diameter of up to 17 cm.<ref name="Zotz">{{cite journal |last=Zotz |first=Gerhard |coauthors=and Vollrath, Birgit |date=2003 |title=The epiphyte vegetation of the palm ''Socratea exorrhiza'' – Correlations with tree size, tree age and bryophyte cover |journal=Journal of Tropical Ecology |publisher=Cambridge University Press |volume=19 |pages=81-90 |issn=DOI:10.1017/S0266467403003092 }}</ref> It has unusual stilt roots, the function of which have been debated, and many species of [[epiphyte]] have been found growing on the palms. The palm is pollinated by beetles and various organisms consume their seeds or seedlings. {{Inc| Iriartea exorrhiza, Mart. (I. bungerothii, Hort.). Trunk about 35 ft. tall, crowned by a congested cluster of 10-20 showy lvs.; each bearing 15-20 pairs of lfts., the latter about 20 in. long and 1 ½ wide: spadices 1-4, appearing between the lvs. ; fls. yellow : fr. olive-green, reticulate. Trop. S. Amer. — Doubtfully in cult, at this time (1913) in Amer. }} ==Cultivation== ===Propagation=== ===Pests and diseases=== ==Varieties== ==Gallery== <gallery perrow=5> File:walkingpalm.jpg| Image:Upload.png| photo 1 Image:Upload.png| photo 2 Image:Upload.png| photo 3 </gallery> ==References== <references/> *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963 <!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 --> <!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 --> <!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 --> ==External links== *{{wplink}} {{stub}} __NOTOC__
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