Please Share your experience with small size tropical palms in pots

[User00]

there are many stunning look small size tropical palms , 

share your growing experiences 

 

 

Edited September 18, 2019 by User00

[palmsOrl]

Pinanga patuala did well for me in a pot from 2002-2005.  It didn't get protected much in the winter though end ended up getting a fungal infection.  Clinostigma ponapense also did well, but quickly outgrew the pot.

[Pal Meir]

The three tropical species of Lytocarym (subgenus of Syagrus) do excellent as potted plants.

L weddellianum large/tall type:

 

L weddellianum compact type:

L weddellianum two potted closely together (don’t pot more than 2 in one pot):

 

L insigne is the biggest species:

 

And L itapebiense the smallest with a creeping stem:

PS: L hoehnei is a subtropical species.

[PalmatierMeg]

Chamaedoreas are among the easiest palms to keep indoors. If I still lived in a cold winter climate, I would specialize in them. Currently, I have C. metallica, elegans, deckeriana, ernesti-augustii, geoniformis and tenella in pots on my back lanai. They are solitary thus somewhat easier to control in pots. Planted outdoors I have C. hooperiena, tepejilote, radicalis, oblongata, klotzschiana (last 3 solitary). Chamaedoreas also grow well from seeds given proper conditions.

As you live in Sri Lanka, you have the conditions to grow many true tropicals in pots. Check out the many species of Licuala and Lanonia. I have a few of the commoner species myself.

[Pal Meir]

You can keep Licuala grandis for many years as potted plant:

[User00]

On 9/18/2019 at 7:29 PM, Pal Meir said:

The three tropical species of Lytocarym (subgenus of Syagrus) do excellent as potted plants.

L weddellianum large/tall type:

 

 

L weddellianum compact type:

 

L weddellianum two potted closely together (don’t pot more than 2 in one pot):

 

 

L insigne is the biggest species:

 

 

And L itapebiense the smallest with a creeping stem:

 

PS: L hoehnei is a subtropical species.

Did  you try any dypsis species ?

[Pal Meir]

5 hours ago, User00 said:

Did  you try any dypsis species ?

Only D. lutescens.