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Pinanga crassipes

Pinanga crassipes
Photo: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 4.0

Pinanga crassipes is a small understorey palm from the wet forests of Borneo, usually grown as a shade-tolerant houseplant or in humid greenhouses. Keep it humid and out of direct sun.

Family
Arecaceae (Palm family)
Grows as
Tree, Palm
Light
Shade, Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist in the growing season and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Peat-based or well-draining rich potting mix with added perlite or bark.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 15 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Borneo
Climate
wet tropical

About

Pinanga crassipes is a species of palm tree in the family Arecaceae. It is endemic to Borneo.

Other Pinanga plants

Pinanga andamanensis · Pinanga cattienensis · Pinanga disticha · Pinanga purpurea · Pinanga sylvestris · Pinanga tashiroi · Pinanga

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pinanga crassipes by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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