Editing Ptychosperma waitianum

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[[File:Ptychosperma_waitianum02.jpg|frame|Figure 1. ''P. waitianum'' spectacular new leaf.]]
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===Distribution & Habitat:===
New Guinea rainforest.

===Description:===
Attractive, medium sized, solitary ''Ptychosperma'',
to about 5m, with caryotoid leaves, and dark red emergent leaves.

===General:===
Often confused with ''P. burretianum'',
the main difference being that this species is solitary,
while ''P. burretianum'' is clustering.

===Culture:===
Warm, sheltered position, with moist, well drained soil.
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[[File:Ptychosperma_waitianum.jpg|frame|Figure 2. ''P. waitianum'' slightly faded new leaf after rain.]]
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===Contributed by: ===
Tom Walters, '''Hardiest Palms''' (Figure 1&2)<br/>


===External Links:===
[https://powo.science.kew.org/results?q=Ptychosperma%20waitianum Kew], 
[https://www.palmweb.org//?q=cdm_dataportal/taxon/ff5f814f-7aa7-4ae9-b75a-8c7a6815c39a PalmWeb],
[https://e-monocot.org/taxon/urn:kew.org:wcs:taxon:170921 eMonocot],
[https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=Ptychosperma+waitianum JSTOR],
[https://www.trebrown.com/plant_info.php?species=Ptychosperma+waitianum Trebrown]
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[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Ptychosperma+waitianum%22&amp;num=10&amp;sa=Google+Search Google],
[https://images.google.com/images?q=%22Ptychosperma+waitianum%22&amp;hl=en&amp;btnG=Google+Search GoogleImages],
[https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Ptychosperma+waitianum Flickr],
[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Ptychosperma+waitianum%22%20site:https://www.palmtalk.org/&amp;sa=Google+Search PalmTalk]
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[[Category:Ptychosperma|waitianum]]
[[Category:Palm|Ptychosperma_waitianum]]