Click on any of the Scientific names in the list to load detailed facts and information about the species Please Note: These lists and all specie information pages linked from these are a work in progress. And are under continuous, infinite revision. We welcome user feedback regarding any errors, typos and your opinions of the facts contained. Contact us links can be found on the bottom of each specie page. Search any palm tree species' name: (scientific, english or synonym) Display only those species which have a cold-hardiness of:Indoor palm trees types. Types of palms that perform best as exoticAlso, palm-like indoor trees you can raise as unusual, The indoor palms listed below will bring the atmosphere of the tropics into your home. Potted Areca Palm Trees Adorn an Interior Courtyard Not every palm will make the best house plant. Some grow so quickly that they would need constant repotting and would soon be bumping into the ceiling. palms need such intense light that they could only be grown indoors as a

These are the most "user friendly" palm tree types for growing as indoor house plants.  The plant names link to pages of in-depth growing information. The variegated Rhapis palm will require a bit more light than the plain green types. The fan-shaped leaves of the Rhapis excelsa palm are divided into 7-10 finger-like segments. This southern China native will lend an Asian air to any environment in which it is grown. Lady Palms are unsurpassed for indoor longevity. There are variegated Rhapis varieties which are especially striking.Houses For Sale In York Pei All the Japanese Rhapis palms make delightful indoor potted plants. House For Sale In Hagonoy BulacanBesides R. excelsa, there is also Rhapis laosensis, humilis, chiyodazuru and multifida.Wood Alloy Blinds Parts

The lady palm tree is very slow growing (1-2 new leaves per year)so buy the size you want in the first place. This is also a good air cleaning house plant. Mediterranean fan palms (a.k.a. European fan palms) are compact clump forming palms that can slowly reach a height of 15 feet. Chamaerops humilis looks dramatic in a container and is rugged enough to do well as an indoor palm tree. The Phoenix roebelenii or pygmy date palm is one of the most feminine palm trees you will ever see. Its lush dark green fronds are more delicate than those of most other palms and they grow in a graceful arching habit. This is one of the easiest to care for indoor palm trees. Indoor Palm Tree Care The link above will take you to a page which lays out all the details of caring for different types of indoor palm trees. The 5 most important tips for growing potted palm trees are these: Maintain high humidity in the growing area. When the air around palm fronds is too dry, red mites attack.

Feed your indoor palm trees with a food labeled as a palm fertilizer to be certain that you are giving them all the right micro-nutrients.Avoid damaging the trunk or central bud of your palm tree.It is dangerous to remove all of a palm tree's fronds though you sometimes see it done to large palms used in commercial landscape design projects. is better indoor palm culture to keep the plants cool--not warm--in theThey need to be protected from frost but keeping them toasty tends to weaken them. Pony Tail Palm Tree The following types of indoor plants trees are palm lookalikes. tall, popular house plants are simpler to maintain than most Also, some of the taller yucca plants are palm-like in appearance. These are often called yucca palm trees or simply yucca trees. Beaucarnea Recurvata has many aliases: pony tail palm, elephant’s foot palm, nolina, monja...The tropical banana plant is so palm-like it is often referred to as a banana palm. It will grow well indoors in a brightly lit location.

Given enough food and water it might even fruit! The following Dracaena plants are often referred to as Dracaena palms because of their tall growth habit and strap-shaped leaves: Dracaena fragrans is called the indoor corn plant because its leaves closely resemble those of the world's most popular grain. 4-5 inches wide and can grow to a length of 18 inches. a lengthwise yellow stripe will appear in the center of each leaf. The species Dracaena deremensis encompasses several attractive plants. The most well known of the group is the cultivar 'Janet Craig'. Its 4 inch wide, dark green leaves can reach a length of 18 inches. This gives mature plants a palm-like appearance. Sago Palm - Smallfrom: Real Palm Trees Sago palms are toxic to dogs, cats, horses and people. Do not ingest any part of this plant. Sago palms are good palm tree house plants when they are small. A mature sago will likely spread too wide to be kept indoors, but this won't become a problem for many years due to

the sago palm tree's slow growth rate. The sago's rough brown trunk and tuft of dark green fronds have deceived many people into thinking it is a palm tree. Use caution when growing a sago as an indoor palm tree if you have pets or small children who like to nibble on strange things. These are top quality, hard-to-find large trees. There are other sizes available in addition to the ones shown here. If you see a tree you like but you want a different size, click through to the sales page where you will have a choice of sizes. You will find many more Indoor Palm Trees here including large banana plants (most online nurseries only sell the corms). If you want to grow your own trees Buy Palm Seeds here. Return to Botanical Journeys Plant Guides' Home Page A little more then an year ago I got six palm trees (two vases). It was the Californian equivalent of an Areca palm (the guy in the nursery suggested this one after I asked for an Areca for its air cleaning prowess but now I can't recall the exact name).

After some six months it started to develop some white dots. My research showed up mealybugs. But they do not look like any infestation of mealybugs I could find! It does not have the silk-like thing anywhere. Used to clean them off the plants after I gave up on one of the plants: Some zoom in 10x the real width of the leaf is 2cm or 3/4 of an inch. They NEVER move like mealybug does. (The horizontal lightning on this photo highlights the dust too) Week after week I'd spend hours cleaning the white dots. They are very easily removed by a damp cloth or paper towel. I tried spraying everything: vinegar, lemon juice, cleaning products. Nothing took care of it without wiping. I even put a net on the roots and trapped a ladybug that everyone says is the hellhound of mealybugs. It did not show any interest at all. Also noteworthy, the plants are in a small apartment that has 3 EPA air filters on 24/7. What is this thing? More zoom, 10x of the magnifier + 6x camera's optical

The tip usually dries, but I'm not sure it's related to the disease. I'm a bad plant-parent that usually forgets to water. identification diseases insects palm scale Mealybugs are only one of over a thousand different varieties of Scale Insects which vary tremendously in appearance, and it is almost certainly one of these that is attacking your palms -see here and here. Scale insects, apart from mealybugs, are mostly sedentary creatures (apparently, the females are usually immobile), and they are difficult to control because most types are equipped with a waxy covering which protects them against spraying. However, they can be suffocated with a vegetable or horticultural oil, and a quick online search has come up with the following recipe for a non-toxic spray: 2 teaspoons (10ml) vegetable oil 1/8 teaspoon (0.6ml) washing up liquid 230ml warm tap water Shake vigorously in a spray bottle and spray the leaves. There is a very useful article on scale insects by the Royal Horticultural Society here.

I hope this helps. Your photos definitely look like a scale. Some information gleaned from "The Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Pest and Disease Control" (Rodale), Bradley et al, eds: Armored Scales are part of the family Diaspididae. As Mancuniensis says, there are a lot of different species here -- over 2650 according to wikipedia. In warm areas (I would presume this applies to your case too -- indoors), they can produce up to 6 generations per year. The insects' process of building up the armor can take a month or more. Adults are difficult to kill once protected by the armor. You will need to repeat the oil spray application described by Mancuniensis every 7 to 10 days for good control. The idea is to kill the eggs and nymphs because the armored adults are harder to kill. This looks like Boisduvals scale to me. You can read more here On plants with hard leaves you can take a scrubby to them and physically remove them. However they tend to shelter deep within the root axils and I have never been able to eradicate them with soap and water.

As I try to reduce the maintenance I have to do on indoor plants I usually get rid of infected plants with problems that cannot be controlled in the long term with soap and water. If you live near a hydro grow shop they will carry a product called Mighty wash. It's like 20 bucks but if you spray every 3 days for 2 weeks it will clear it up, I had the same problem. And your plant will look green and heathy again. It's worth a try. They are scale insects; spray the plant with summer oil mixed with systemic insecticide (Acitamiprid or Imidacloprid) according to the concentration mentioned in the label. Then do a repeat spraying after two weeks. It is better to add some foliar fertilizers to the solution sprayed. Note: do not use winter oil instead of summer oil. If you have not found the oil mentioned, spray only the insecticide. I've had every kind of pest and didn't want to trash my babies. The only thing that has worked for me is to take them, pot and all, if small or if large, out of the pot wash roots and submerge them completely under water.

I have a small creek by my home so it's convenient. Tubs will work just the same: bury them completely under the water, make sure not one leaf is sticking out and leave them for up to 4 hours. Believe me, it's way better than spraying everything under the moon on them. That just weakens the plant and it loses leaves. Repeat if necessary for baby bug eggs being hatched. I have over 100 houseplants for 3 years now, fought every kind of bug and haven't lost one yet: it's the only way to go Have you tried NEEM? This is a pretty great insecticide. Don't worry about total kill. Scrubbing these guys off even with water will hurt the leaves...The adults have a bit more protection, but your goal is to get the scale 'under control'...your watering technique is far more preferable to watering a little everyday. Make sure to dump the water out of the saucer and take your plant into the shower, cold water and allow the water to wash off all the leaves, soak the soil then allow to drain before taking back to it's normal location.

Spray with Neem, please read the label...at least 5X! Grin, that is the main message we learn in pesticide school. A good place to do this is after it has been watered and washed by the shower and after allowing to dry and drain. Spray while in the shower...always use sterilized potting soil for plants in pots. Did you use garden soil? Any other house plants with scale? If you used garden soil, this is where you got your scale starts... Don't physically try to remove the scale. Spraying at least once every two weeks when you can still see these critters is plenty. If you don't see any, please stop using the pesticide. Also, spray the top of the soil. If you have birds don't spray anywhere near them or in the same room. I'd replace the soil, put in a clay pot versus plastic, all soil, no gravel at the bottom, a saucer and try to get the bottom of the pot up off the saucer or surface to increase drainage. Plants inside need to be treated like plants outside in the shade. If you are a novice the best fertilizer is Osmocote, twice per year.