Editing Ptychosperma elegans

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[[File:Ptychosperma_elegans02.jpg|frame|Figure 1. ''P. elegans'']]
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===Synonymy: ===
''Seaforthia elegans''

===Common Names: ===
Solitaire Palm

===Distribution & Habitat: ===
Tropical rainforest throughout northern Australia.

===Description: ===
This is a single, slender, grey
trunked palm to 10m. It carries a small head
of semi-erect leaves, each pinnae notched in the typical
''Ptychosperma'' fashion, and produces bright red fruits.

===General:===
Solitaires are produced in the thousands by nurseries in
the south as indoor or patio palms. Given a shady spot, they
grow slim and elegant, holding a crown of dark green leaves
above a green crownshaft. Irrigation, fertilizer and mulch
are necessary. No garden would be without the odd corner to
accommodate a specimen or two. Not used very much in public
plantings, but popular locally (Northern Territory) as a tub
palm. Becoming very popular with landscapers because the leaves
aren't as big and hard to deal with as the widely used
''Archontophoenix alexandrae''.

===Cultivation: ===
The small red fruit are quickly cleaned and the ridged seed
put in shallow trays, where most will germinate in three
months. Standard horticultural practice will produce a 1.5m
specimen in 2 years, ready to plant in a semi-shaded position.
They do equally well in sun or shade, but extremes of heat or
dry wind will scorch even the most well watered mature
specimen.
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[[File:Ptychosperma_elegans03.jpg|frame|Figure 2. ''P. elegans'' trunk detail]]
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[[File:Ptychosperma_elegans.jpg|frame|Figure 3. ''P. elegans'' - leaves and inflorescence.]]
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===Contributed by: ===
Alan White (Text - from '''''Palms & Cycads''''' No. 20 July-Sept 1988)<br/>
University of Florida - IFAS (Figure 1&2)


===External Links:===
[https://powo.science.kew.org/results?q=Ptychosperma%20elegans Kew], 
[https://www.palmweb.org//?q=cdm_dataportal/taxon/72d801be-b8fc-44a3-a9e1-a87b472fccfe PalmWeb],
[https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=Ptychosperma+elegans JSTOR],
[https://www.trebrown.com/plant_info.php?species=Ptychosperma+elegans Trebrown],
[https://keys.trin.org.au/key-server/data/0e0f0504-0103-430d-8004-060d07080d04/media/Html/taxon/Ptychosperma_elegans.htm ATRP]
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[https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Ptychosperma+elegans Flickr],
[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Ptychosperma+elegans%22%20site:https://www.palmtalk.org/&amp;sa=Google+Search PalmTalk]
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