Mauritia

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Mauritia >

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Read about Mauritia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Mauritia (after Prince Moritz, of Nassau, 1567- 1665, patron of Piso and Marcgraf; by his aid a Natural History of Brazil was published). Palmaceae, tribe Coryphiniae. Very graceful fan palms, very little grown in America except in botanic gardens. Stems very slender, obscurely ringed, almost spineless: lvs. pinnately flabelliform, semi-circular, orbicular or wedge-shaped, the lobes lanceolate, acuminate; rachis long or short; petiole cylindrical: ovary perfectly 3-celled.—There are 6 or 7 species, all Trop. American. Mauritia must be grown in rich soil in a very hot moist house with a day temperature of 80-85°. The pots of small plants are often partly submerged in water. G.C. II.26:491. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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