Scientific name: Rhapis excelsa
Common name: Lady palm
Family: Palmae (Alt. Arecaceae)
Origin: South China
The Lady palm or Rhapis excelsa is a cluttering fan palm with leaves split right down to the stalk into 2-12 segments. There are varieties with leaves split into 24 segments and also variegated ones. This palm grows up to 2 - 3 metres tall and is very tolerant of light conditions from full sun to deep shade. Propagation is by division of clumps.
This Lady palm is one of only two palms I have in my teeny tiny garden. I brought it from Pulau Pinang in a large ceramic container which has since split but not broken.
The August rains started mid month and have lowered the temperature a bit. With quite a bit of rain falling heavily nearly every other day, hopefully Selangor will avert any water rationing.
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| The Garden, Lady Palm on the right (CNB 2014) |
Ref: Tropical Horticulture and Gardening/ Francis S P Ng. Ex Libris CNB 1866
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