Hyophorbe lagenicaulis | Bottle Palm 2ltr variegated Thai: cha phlu | ช้าพลู

Thai: cha phlu | ช้าพลู

Grow as a climber or rambling shrub in a sunny

No spines are present

A highly ornamental palm which makes a great specimen but is still quite hard to come by

including naming Euphorbia after his physician Euphorbus

Hyophorbe lagenicaulis | Bottle Palm 2ltr variegated Thai: cha phlu | ช้าพลูRarely seen for sale in NZ. The Bottle Palm is a well known and very popular ornamental for tropical and warm subtropical regions. It was once common on Mauritius in the Mascarene Islands but although commonly cultivated, its wild stands are reduced to a few handful of plants on tiny Round Island north of Mauritius. It produces a curiously swollen trunk, the shape of which is somewhat reminiscent of a champagne bottle. The crown holds up to five