Cyrtostachys renda
Sealing wax palm, Lipstick palm, Maharajah palm
Also known as Cyrtostachys lakka
- Height × spread
- 5m × 5m
- Position
- Full sun
- Hardiness
- Heated greenhouse 15C & above (RHS H1a)
Availability
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About this plant
A highly colourful palm that has clusters of individual stems arching out from the oldest of them. The stems are very slender, with brilliant dark red crown shafts and stems that arch up and outward, holding the fronds. The fronds have many very long leaflets and each individual leaflet is angled upward, the overall effect being both striking and beautiful. This grows naturally in humid forests and swampy spots. It needs plenty of sunshine and moisture and is not frost hardy. It stands around 5 metres in height with an equivalent spread.
- Foliage colour
- Green, Red
- Stem colour
- Red
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- No
- Shape
- Fan
- Height
- 5m
- Spread
- 5m
- Height in 10 years
- 2m
- Spread in 10 years
- 2m
- Evergreen
- Evergreen
- Garden style
- Indoors, Exotic garden, Conservatory
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun, tolerates part shade
- Soil type
- Loam (normal)
- Soil pH
- Acid (ericaceous), Neutral
- Drainage
- Moisture retentive soil
- Hardiness
- Heated greenhouse 15C & above (RHS H1a)
- Borders & containers
- Borders and containers
- Indoor light
- full light at all times
- Indoor temperature
- 20C minimum temperature
- Use for
- Coloured stems, Architectural
- Hazards
- No
Spring
Spring-Autumn · Indoors
Feed with houseplant food monthly
Give the plant a balanced houseplant feed monthly while in growth.
Where food elements are listed as three numeric values on the label representing in order Nitrogen(N)-Phosphorus(P)-Potassium(K), with percentage values for each, choose one where the values are more or less equal.
Spring-Autumn · Indoors
Water when compost is dry
Allow the compost to become virtually dry before watering while in growth.
Planting & general
Compost · Planting
Houseplant compost for repotting
Repot using any good quality house plant compost.
Indoor temperature · Planting
20C minimum temperature
This plant requires a minimum temperature of 20 Centigrade.
Indoor plant · Planting
Position in a sunny spot, close to window
Give this plant a position where there is as much light and sunlight as possible, within 2-3 metres of a sunny or bright window (one that is south, east, or west facing).