What Is This Houseplant?

Donna

August 22, 20150 found this helpful

A type of palm--I don't know which variety.

jean leiner

August 22, 20150 found this helpful

It looks like an areca palm.

Catherine
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August 24, 20150 found this helpful

It is a palm tree but it is a bit too young to know which one it is just from a picture. It could be an Areca Palm (Chrysalidocarpus lutescens) or a Kentia palm (Howea forsteriana). You could use the forum of the I.P.S. the International Palm Society www.palms.org/ to get an answer. There are many types of palms with different needs. It would be a good thing to know for sure, specially to avoid the very popular 'never dies never thrives type' the kind that ends up in its very large pot with just one leaf left.

Catherine
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August 24, 20150 found this helpful

Hello !
It is a palm tree but it is a bit young to tell which one, just from a picture. It may be a Kentia. You could get an answer from the International Palm Society at : www.palms.org/ or from others associations at : www.palms.org/
Your palm tree looks beautiful and healthy but there are more than 200 types of palms with different needs, so it would be a good thing to identify it for sure, specially to avoid the very popular "never dies never thrives palm tree", you know, the kind that ends up in its very large pot with just one leaf left, that you hide when you have guests...

Hope this helps !

Catherine