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Fiji fan palm

Pritchardia thurstonii

Fiji fan palm
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0

Pritchardia thurstonii is a small fan palm native to Fiji's Lau Islands and 'Eua in Tonga, and it is rare in the wild. It is grown in warm, frost-free gardens and conservatories, and needs bright light, steady moisture and warmth.

Family
Arecaceae (Palm family)
Grows as
Palm
Light
Bright indirect, Part shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during the growing season and reduce watering in winter, letting the top few centimetres dry between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile potting mix or loam rich in organic matter.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
E. Fiji (Sovu Islets, Vulaga, Ogea), Tonga ('Eua)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Pritchardia thurstonii is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae.

It is native to Fiji, in particular the Lau Islands, and the island of ʻEua in Tonga.

Other Pritchardia plants

Fiji Fan Palm · Lands of papa pritchardia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pritchardia thurstonii 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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