Latania lontaroides | Red Latan Palm 2ltr Big Palms hotel lobbies and ‘Palm Court’

hotel lobbies and ‘Palm Court’ tea rooms with their gorgeous drooping fronds since Victorian times

hence pollination won't occur naturally in NZ)

but remember they are frost tender

renauxii is actually surprisingly easy to grow and look after so long as you keep them out of direct sunlight and provide at least a little humidity so they don't dry out

Latania lontaroides | Red Latan Palm 2ltr Big Palms hotel lobbies and ‘Palm Court’The Latania lontaroides is native to the Island of Reunion where it is now classified as endangered. A very ornamental palm with a rounded crown of large fan shaped stiff leaves. When young the leaves, petioles, leaf margins and veins are all tinged with a reddish colour. As they mature the leaves do lose this colour and turn to green, although it can take up to 15 years. The leaf stems and leaf margins do however retain the colour. The Red Latan Palm