Shape | Upright and wide-spread. |
Landscape | Gardens, ornamental use and container planting. |
Propagation | Spores. |
Cultivation | Full sun and partial-shade. Moist, well-drained soils with acidic and mildly acidic pH. Tolerates light frost. |
Notable Specimens | Kings Park and Botanical Garden, Perth, Australia. |
Bark/Stem Description | Slender with distinctive "coin spots" where old fronds have broken off. Apex of trunk and unfurling crosiers, covered with long silky scales. |
Leaf Description | Fronds that are 4 - 6 m in length. |
Flower Description | Inflorescences are compound and composed of rames. Central inflorescence axis are 40 - 90 cm long. |
Colour Description | The fronds are bright green in colour. The scales on the bark are straw coloured. Can rarely be found as a pale pink with orange stripes going down the middle. |