The other Kentia Palm. This cousin is a real collectors palm, smaller and finer with more intricate details and is a statement piece for any bright room or shaded part of gardens in Auckland & Northland.

Ideal for Beginnerplant keepers or beyond.

Light Requirements: Bright Indirect Light is ideal indoors. Outdoors prefers part shade and can handle sun when older.

Moisture & Soil Requirements: Prefers evenly moist soil with good drainage in warm seasons – never soggy soil. Water when the first few centimetres of soil are dry.

Growth & Nutrients:Palm tree growth, central new growth spike gradually opens and softens to reveal a smaller and morecurved crownwith finer-looking fronds than Howea forsteriana.Suits medium to large apartments or housesof any size with tall ceilings. Feed with a general-purpose fertiliser for containersacross spring-summer.

Temperature, Humidity & Ambient requirements: Prefers warm humid environments inside but can deal with most home environments. Grows well outdoors in frost-free northern NZ when sheltered from wind, cold and harsh sun. Less hardy than

Toxicity:Non-toxic.