can you Id this?

[doranakandawatta]

I know it's not a palm and I am not sure it belongs to Cyclanthaceae.

Thanks if you tell the name.

[The Silent Seed]

That is beautiful!!!

Looks like some kind of funky Rhapis to me.

[virtualpalm]

Looks like a palm to me but not sure which one.

[Mandrew968]

How do we know that's not a palm? Sure looks palmish to me--I vote palm, but have no idea what kind...

[Stevetoad]

i agree that its not a palm but something like carludovica palmata or atrovirens

heres a pic of atrovirens.

[Mandrew968]

_{Steve, why do you say no palm?}

[Stevetoad]

check out its trunk, roots and old flower stalk. the only thing that looks like a palm are the leaves. plus ive seen plants very close to this in person. fooled me from far away but once you get right up on it its clearly not a palm.

[Kim]

That doesn't look like a palm trunk. There is something about the ribs in the leaves that is not palmy, and for sure if it flowered, you'd know instantly.

[Mandrew968]

Yep, I took a closer look and the petiole base is so not a palm--more like an anthurium...

[paulgila]

i agree with kim, a flower would make it alot easier to ID. it most likely is not a palm, imo.

[doranakandawatta]

Steve got it,

It's a Carludovica atrovirens, or Dicranopygium atrovirens (H. Wendl.) , and it belongs to Cyclanthaceae.

Many thanks for the information. I'll try to propagate it since it makes nice clumps and good association with palms.

Like the Carludovica palmata, it makes a confusion since it looks like a palm.

[doranakandawatta]

From the web, under Dicranopygium atrovirens :

Why don't we start a Cyclanthaceae sub forum?

[Palmdude]

Great thread Phillipe! Nice work Steve!