Variegated palm from PR sale

[Cindy Adair]

I used to say that variegated plants held minimal appeal for me. And still many just look starved or virused. However now I have a Caryota mitis and a Rhapis excelsa whose patterns I like and this one caught my eye especially since it was the lone palm among a sea of aroids.

 

So I am guessing this is an Areca catechu? which means it should be easy for me to grow, but the seller did not know. What puzzled me is that she had two, nearly identical. I thought these would be random mutations so would look different. Each leaf was pleasantly variegated and she was asking $25 so I took one home.

It turns out she lives not too far away so we plan to visit and I can get more details then.

Do you think the future leaves will keep these stripes? Less or more sun compared with the non variegated version?

Please post any photos you have of this one.

Oh and yes I got 6 seedling Cyrtostachys renda for a total of $20. Maybe I need a forest or will donate some to a future plant group....

Thanks!

 

[Cindy Adair]

Any ideas on this variegated palm? It is doing very well in mostly sun so far but soon I want to give it a forever home in the ground somewhere here.

[Really full garden]

Adonidia merrillii

[Cindy Adair]

Oh well, I actually don't have a single one of this species and of course they grow like weeds here.

Hope it keeps the pretty variegation.

Thanks so much Scott! 

 I have never grown these myself so have never seen the juvenile leaves.

[foxtail]

1 hour ago, Cindy Adair said:

Oh well, I actually don't have a single one of this species and of course they grow like weeds here.

Hope it keeps the pretty variegation.

Thanks so much Scott! 

 I have never grown these myself so have never seen the juvenile leaves.

I have 2 variegated adonidia, pics later.

[doranakandawatta]

Here our variegated Adonidia:

 

[Cindy Adair]

This variant must be common. Thanks for the photos!

[doranakandawatta]

1 hour ago, Cindy Adair said:

This variant must be common. Thanks for the photos!

In Sri Lanka ( or in Asia) it's as common as the yellow or golden crownshaft form.

Ornemental cultivar, smaller botanic interest 

[foxtail]

21 hours ago, foxtail said:

I have 2 variegated adonidia, pics later.

Nice patterns on the petioles too.

 

[Cindy Adair]

Glad to see the variegation on all of these looks attractive and not like a deficiency and seems consistent. Thanks so much for posting and I hope everyone's palms grow well!

[Fusca]

I too tend to not like variegated forms, but this one I like!  It reminds me a little of variegated ginger which I like very much, but I definitely do not prefer variegated oleanders or hibiscus (and some palms) since natural yellowing of leaves indicates a problem and so the variegated forms of these plants look constantly unhappy to me.  This one is worth it!

Jon