Rhapis excelsa (Lady Palm)
Rhapis excelsa, also known as the broadleaf lady palm or bamboo palm, is a species of fan palm that is native to southern China and Taiwan. It is a small evergreen palm that grows in dense clumps of upright, slender, bamboo-like canes bearing delicate, glossy, dark green, fan-shaped leaves. Each leaf is about 20 inches long and is divided into 5-10 narrowly oblong lobes.
- Uses: Rhapis excelsa is a popular indoor houseplant because of how well it tolerates low light levels. It is also useful as a foundation plant, in shady borders, and quite effective as an accent in a shrub border.
- Properties: Rhapis excelsa grows up to 4 meters in height and 30 mm in diameter in multi-stemmed clumps with glossy, palmate evergreen leaves divided into broad, ribbed segments.
- Growth: Rhapis excelsa grows best in partial shade locations with filtered sunlight and requires minimal doses of fertilizers. It prefers to grow in loamy soil with excellent drainage and has average water requirements.
- Propagation: Rhapis excelsa can be propagated by seeds or division of the clumps.
- Light: Rhapis excelsa prefers to grow in partial shade locations with filtered sunlight.
- Water: Rhapis excelsa has average water requirements and prefers to grow in well-drained soil.
- Soil: Rhapis excelsa prefers to grow in loamy soil with excellent drainage.
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