The most important facts:
- Plant family: Palm family (Arecaceae)
- Subdivision: seed plants
- Department: Covered
- Classes: Monocot
- Subclass: Commelina-like (Commelinidae)
- Order: palm-like
- Origin: tropical and subtropical areas.
- Height: Small, medium or large.
- Foliage: Feathered or fanned.
- Flowers: Often quite inconspicuous and sexually separate. But there are also species with male and female palms.
- Flowering period: Palm plants can bloom several times or even only once in their life.
- Fruits: stone fruits or berries, less often closing fruits.
- Propagation: By seeds, saplings or side shoots.
- Location: sunny, in the light Penumbra or shady.
- Soil: Most palms prefer slightly acidic, well-drained substrates.
- Special features: The trunk lacks the kabium, so palm trees have no secondary growth in thickness. For this reason, they are not counted among the trees.
Palm trees do not branch
The survivors have developed in a fascinating variety through their long history. For this reason, it is quite difficult to classify palm trees in a short profile. Typical of palm trees and common to all palm trees is the tuft-like growth, as the leaves grow out of the top of the trunk (palm heart). This creates the characteristic palm shape that gives these plants their special charm.
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The palm leaves
The leaves of the feather palms resemble feathers while fan palms, less deeply incised, resemble a beautifully shaped fan. They always consist of the leaf base, the stem and the leaf blade. The leaves dry out with age and usually fall off by themselves. Scars appear on the trunk, which give the palm its unmistakable appearance.
Flowers and fruits
Some palm trees bloom after just a few years, while other varieties take almost a hundred years to bloom for the first time. What all palms have in common is that they form inflorescences from many individual flowers. Almost all palm trees bloom regularly. Species that have a terminal flower at the top of the plant only flower once and then die.
The fruits can be a few millimeters in size or, as with the Corypha umbraculifera, reach a length of half a meter and a weight of up to thirty kilograms.
Tips
In the room blossom palm trees rarely. Since the inconspicuous flowers cost the plant a lot of strength, it is advisable to cut off the inflorescences if necessary.