Prestoea

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Prestoea in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Prestoea (named after H. Prestoe, of the Botanic Gardens at Trinidad). Palmaceae. Slender dwarf palms with a reed-like, annulate caudex, occasionally grown in the warmhouse: lvs. long and slender-petioled, pinnatisect at the base, upper segms. connate in an oblong blade, 2-cleft at the apex, lower segms. narrow: spathes 2, membranaceous, finally lacerate; spadices short-peduncled, fuscous-pubescent, with strict erect- spreading branches: fls. small, monoecious; male fls. asymmetrical, calyx 3-lobed, minute, petals obliquely ovate, stamens 6, ovary rudimentary; female fls. larger than the male, globose, sepals reniform-rotun- date, petals broadly ovate, ovary obovoid-oblong, 1- celled. Three species, W. Indies and Colombia. P. pubigera, Hook. f. (Hyospathe pubigera, Griseb. & Wendl.). Trunk 10-12 ft. high: lvs. 3-4 ft. long, green with pale nerves, glabrous; lower segms. somewhat distant, linear-acuminate, l 1/2-2 ft. long, upper more or less cohering and forming oblong or oblong-linear blades: exterior spathe 2-keeled, 5 in. long, interior 12-15 in. long; lower branches of spadix about 6 in. long, thickened at base, glomerules somewhat distant: fls. minute and sessile. Trinidad. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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