Lipstick Palm
Cyrtostachys renda
(sir-toh-STAY-kiss) (REN-duh)
Synonyms: Cyrtostachys lakka,
Sealing wax palm
This is one of my favorite
palm trees. The color of the stems has always enchanted me. I can’t even
comment on how the rest of the tree really looks. The thinking of getting one
for the greenhouse at the Estate kind of went out the window after I read that
is one of the tenderest palms available. It can’t even reliably last at 60
degrees F., and sometimes times the greenhouse gets that low at night. 55 is my
target for overnight temperatures but I am having a little trouble zeroing in
the state of the art climate control system. Oh how I long for a simple dial
thermostat.
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