Synechanthus

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Synechanthus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Synechanthus (Greek, continuous and flower, alluding to the arrangement of the infl.). Palmaceae. Unarmed gregarious palms, grown in the warmhouse: trunk slender, annulate, often stoloniferous: lvs. terminal, equally pinnatisect, segms. broad or narrow, membranaceous, acuminate, plicately nerved: spadices several, long- and slender - peduncled, the floriferous erect; spathes several, tubular, membranaceous, persistent: fls. green or the male purplish, minute, arranged in 1-2 rows in alternate elongated groups, the superior in the groups male, the inferior female: fr. reddish yellow, shining, ellipsoid, 1-seeded. Three species, Cent. Amer. and Colombia. S. fibrosus, Wendl. Trunk 4 ft. high, green: lvs. 4 ft. long, erect and spreading; lfts. numerous, 1 – 1 1/2 ft. long, spreading and rather pendulous, linear-lanceolate: spadices one-third as long as the lvs., the branches many, very slender, forked: fr. orange-red. Cent. Amer. B.M. 6572. ^CH 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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