This palm is known as the Halifax fan palm (Halifax Bay of Australia), the cabbage palm, or Drude’s Palm; the binomial name is Livistona Drude. German botanist Carl Georg Oscar Drude, after which the plant is named, was a botanist (1852-1933, never saw Australia) that left quite the impression through correspondence on Ferdinand von Mueller, […]

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Livistona chinensis, known as the Chinese fan palm or the Chinese fountain palm is a palm species that equally attractive throughout all phases of its life, according to the many palm enthusiasts around the world. A dwarf variety of this palm, Livistona chinensis subglobosa, is used for growth in both indoor (malls) and outdoor landscaping. […]

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The cabbage-tree palm was mistakenly identified in The Living Desert as the Australian fan palm, which is a very charismatic palm with unique foliage morphology. The cabbage-tree palm, or Livistona australis, is a tall, slender palm that can grow well beyond to the 2 meter height seen here to a mature height of 25 m […]

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