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Can you help me label this plant?

_Keith
_Keith
in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms

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Need to know.

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This is the stalk and flower.

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Keith, this looks like some sort of cyclanth, probably a Carludovica sp. or cultivar (possibly the one sold mass-market as "jungle drum"). BTW, most of these are really tender to cold.

Michael Norell

Rancho Mirage, California | 33°44' N 116°25' W | 287 ft | z10a | avg Jan 43/70F | Jul 78/108F avg | Weather Station KCARANCH310

previously Big Pine Key, Florida | 24°40' N 81°21' W | 4.5 ft. | z12a | Calcareous substrate | avg annual min. approx 52F | avg Jan 65/75F | Jul 83/90 | extreme min approx 41F

previously Natchez, Mississippi | 31°33' N 91°24' W | 220 ft.| z9a | Downtown/river-adjacent | Loess substrate | avg annual min. 23F | Jan 43/61F | Jul 73/93F | extreme min 2.5F (1899); previously Los Angeles, California (multiple locations)

I'm with Michael on this one, it's a good looking bugger too.

Tim

Hilo, Hawaii

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Thanks guys. I was thinking about it for houseplant, but had no idea on what to lookup concerning its like and dislikes indoors.

In my post I sometimes express "my" opinion. Warning, it may differ from "your" opinion. If so, please do not feel insulted, just state your own if you wish. Any data in this post is provided 'as is' and in no event shall I be liable for any damages, including, without limitation, damages resulting from accuracy or lack thereof, insult, or any other damages

This plant is often sold under the names Jungle Drum and Panama Hat Palm. But trying to research it out I came up with Asplundia martiana. However, there's no martiana listed by Kew, not even as a synonym. It seems pretty definitely to be an Asplundia but haven't had the time to try searching all the 100+ species for images. Information on Cyclanthaceae is very skant.

Mine has outgrown its 400mm pot. The plant itself is going over 1 metre high now. Come the wet season it has to go out into the garden. It flowers frequently but has never set seed. Never produced any pups either.

Keith - its probably carludovica palmata - used to grow hundreds of them for a friends nursery in s. florida- a little similar to some of the other carludovica species when younger , but much easier to ID when the adult leaves form- cool plants but definatly dont like it below 40 degrees- good luck

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