Wodyetia bifurcata (Foxtail Palm)

Description
Wodyetia bifurcata (foxtail palm) is native to the remote part of the Peninsula of Cape Yores in Queensland’s Melville Region where it develops on sandy soils at elevations of up to 1200 feet in moonsoonous and rocky scrubland. Foxtail palm’s traditional name applies to the plumose leaf. In its natural environment, the plant is vulnerable owing to its prolific production of ornamental horticulture plants. The trunks hit a height of 50 feet. They are columnary, light gray to almost white with conspicuous darker rings in their smaller sections, which are also slightly bloated towards the middle of the base. The flat shaft of the crown is 3 feet high and is medium to bluish green with its base width, tapering from base to tip. The leaves are worn on short pétioles and are 8-10 feet long with many medium to dark green leaflets which develop from various angles around the rachis, making it one of the family’s most feathery leaves. Each leaflet is either apically divided into two or more linear segments or lobed, typically uniting the apical pair. Beneath the stalk, the many-branched inflorescences emerge with tiny yellowish green flowers in both sexes. The 2-inch-long fruits are bright orange to red when mature. The foxtail palm can survive drought, but is slowly growing and appears stunted and generally chlorotic. The deep root network moisturizes beneath. It develops gradually but incredibly quick in full light. Although in calcareous soils it persists, a slightly acidic medium is required that drains freely. The palm is not cold strong, but typically lasts for 28? F unscathed. F unscathed. The palm is comparable but not as large to the Royal Palm (Roystonea regia). It’s one of the best organisms to establish the royal look as it is planting in avenue or other walks and is almost unrivaled as a canopy-scape.  it is like the poor mans Normanbya. It is simple to develop indoors if adequate light and room is created.