A smallish palm with a slender, solitary trunk to 3.5 m (12 ft) tall that holds an open crown of ascending, bright green, pinnate leaves that unfold in a brilliant red. The fruits are rather large, bright red and very fragrant, the single seed is heavily sculpted and very easy to recognize. Alsmithi..
This rare and beutiful, medium-sized palm produces a thight cluster of slender stems that are to 5 cm in diameter and reach about 10 m tall, each holding a smallish crown of finely pinnate, arching leaves. It is a rather colorful palm, with purplish, waxy stems that are reddish in their uppermost po..
In a case of mistaken identity, this palm has been in cultivation for some years under the name Heterospathe glauca. As Lauren Gardiner et al. now write in PALMS Vol. 56(2), this plant is in fact not H. glauca, but a new species from rainforests in Papua New Guinea, described in the article as Heter..
A rare dwarf palm to about 2.5 m tall, native only to lowland gallery forest on the Philippine Island of Luzon. It grows a short trunk about 8 cm in diameter that holds a small crown of ascending or arching, finely pinnate leaves. The young leaves unfold in a maroon to bright red color. In cultivati..
A beautiful, trunkless palm from coastal rainforests on northernmost Luzon in the Philippines, Heterospathe cagayanensis sports a few ascending or arching, finely pinnate leaves on purple petioles. Even though it is extremely rare in cultivation, it is not difficult to grow in a tropical climate and..
A spectacular and litte known palm described only in 2001 from stunted rainforests on serpentine soils on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines at an elevation of around 600 m, where a small population persists along creeks and other wet areas. It is a small, solitary palm with a slender trunk t..
This small, trunkless palm from montane rainforests in New Guinea is one of the more cool-growing Heterospathe and will do well in most warm temperate as well as tropical regions. Its new leaf unfolds in a beautiful orange or red color...
The Sagisi Palm is an attractive, slender, and tall palm from the Philippines and Moluccas with a large crown of gracefully curving, dark green fronds with tapering leaflets. Best in the tropical garden where it grows very quickly. Makes an unusual and interesting house plant when young, with finely..
This slender, midsized palm native to lowland rainforest on Camiguin Island in the Philippines forms a smooth, solitary trunk, topped by a dense crown of elegantly arching leaves with dark green, pendulous leaflets. It is very rare in cultivation but otherwise as easy as any other Heterospathe and a..
A midsized palm from montane rainforests on the Philippines with a slender, smooth, gray trunk and spreading, red emergent leaves with numerous, long, leathery leaflets. A beautiful palm for the tropical garden...
A very pretty, smallish palm from rainforest on the Solomon Islands with a slender stem and finely pinnate, flat leaves. The young leaves are a stunning bright red when emerging. Best suited to a humid, tropical climate but also easily grown indoors as a very attractive, dainty pot plant...
A slender, smallish palm from the Philippines with a thin, smooth trunk and arching, pinnate fronds with drooping, glossy green leaflets. It does well in all tropical climates, where its adapts to cultivation with ease...
A dwarf palm from rainforests in the Philippines between 300 and 1400 m that forms a single or clustering, slender trunks to 3 m tall with small crowns of very finely pinnate leaves. The emerging leaf displays a beautiful pinkish bronze color when opening. In cultivation it is best suited to a humid..
A very rare, slender, midsized palm to about 12 m (40 ft.) tall, with a smooth, solitary trunk and a compact crown of fairly flat, beautifully arching, glossy green leaves. The new leaves are an attractive reddish bronze color. It is native to Fiji, where a single population persists in the southern..
A slender, solitary palm to about 7 m tall with finely pinnate, arching leaves and long inflorescences. The relatively large seeds are conspicuously ridged. Heterospathe porcata was described only in 2012 and is only native to the understory of limestone forest at low elevation on Supiori Island in ..
A dwarf palm from the island of Luzon in the Philippines that forms clusters of short, canelike trunks to 2 m (7 ft.) tall with small crowns of finely pinnate leaves. The emerging leaf displays a beautiful bronze color when opening. A rare gem for the understorey of the tropical garden...
A yet unnamed species, native to Island of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Archipelago, where it grows in stunted forest at high altitude on Mount Popomantseu. It grows a thin stem and has elegant, finely pinnate leaves that are pink in colour when young. It is best suited to humid, tropical or frost fre..
A beautiful but very rare, dainty looking, smallish palm with a slender trunk and stiff, finely pinnate leaves. Heterospathe uniformis is native to the obscure islands of Paama, Epi, Lopevi and Ambrym in Vanuatu, where its fruit and bark are in high demand as an aphrodisiac, stimulant and cure again..
A rare, medium-sized palm endemic to the Solomon Islands with a slender trunk and dark green, pinnate leaves. The new leaves of this palm open in a brilliant, deep red color, similar to Chambeyronia macrocarpa. It is fast growing and best suited to humid tropical climates or warm subtropical climate..
A fabulous giant Caryota from a small stretch of montane rainforest on the Malay Peninsula in southernmost Thailand between 1100 and 1200 m (3600 and 3900 ft.), where only 50 or so large plants persis...
This beautiful, dry deciduous, small to medium tree forms a thick trunk with pale brown bark and large, soft leaves with pointed lobes. Masses of orange flowers appear before the foliage to spectacula...