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27 June 2009
The Lipstick palm (or Red Sealing Wax Palm) is a stunning feather palm with a brilliantly, almost unbelievably vivid red trunk & crown shaft, found in lowland coastal swamps in SE Asia.
The Lipstick Palm is a medium sized, clumping palm which grows to around 6m tall. It is one of the most spectacular and colourful tropical palms and is in high demand as garden and landscaping plant.
The Lipstick Palm is a truly tropical palm tree. It is very cold sensitive, and can not be grown in the garden outside the tropics. They are very suitable as a container plant and can be grown indoors or on verandahs in areas outside of the tropics. A nice warm place inside your home, a conservatory or glass house are all good places to have a go at growing this stunning palm.
Ensure this palm gets plenty of warmth, but also humidity. Regular misting is required if the environment around the palm is dry.
In the tropics the Lipstick Palm is easily grown, provided it gets lots of water and light. Soil should be rich, moist and loamy, and plants should be fed monthly with a tropical plant or palm fertilizer. Alternatively you can use a slow-release fertiliser for palms or tropical foliage plants and apply it at the recommended rate.
Although a little tricky, the Lipstick Palm is definitely worth the effort and it is a must-have for every tropical plant enthusiast or collector.
Common names: Lipstick Palm, Red Sealing Wax Palm. It used to be known as Cyrtostachys lakka, which has now been included under Cyrtostachys renda.
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We'll have some seeds again next year - are you in Australia?
We can only send our seeds within Australia.
Kind regards,
National Tropical Plants
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