| General Description | A unique, different and popular palm that should be part of any palm collection, providing you don't get cold. Its fusiform trunk, silver unique crown shaft, and somewhat short leaves make it a very nice landscape palm. |
| Propagation | From seed; germinate in vitro in gelatin, agar or other medium. Seed may take several months to germinate and only fresh seed should be used. |
| Leaf Description | Pinnate, reduplicate, strongly arched, to 2 m long, with leaflets evenly spaced along the rachis and held in several planes for a plumose appearance. Upper leaf surface is green and lower is gray-green; the midrib is prominent. |
| Flower Description | Inflorescences are erect in bud, to 1 m long, with several horn-shaped buds circling the base of the waxy green crown shaft, densely branched with male and female flowers on the same inflorescence. |
| Fruit Description | The 2.5 cm long oval fruits which follow the flowers look like strands of purple beads. |
