Hyophorbe lagenicaulis | Bottle Palm 2ltr variegated Fruit matures 9-12 months from

Fruit matures 9-12 months from flowering depending on heat

Grow as a climber or rambling shrub in a sunny

No spines are present

including naming Euphorbia after his physician Euphorbus

Queen Victoria even had them cultivated in all of her homes and

Hyophorbe lagenicaulis | Bottle Palm 2ltr variegated Fruit matures 9-12 months fromRarely seen for sale in NZ. The Bottle Palm is a well known and very popular ornamental for tropical and warm subtropical regions. It was once common on Mauritius in the Mascarene Islands but although commonly cultivated, its wild stands are reduced to a few handful of plants on tiny Round Island north of Mauritius. It produces a curiously swollen trunk, the shape of which is somewhat reminiscent of a champagne bottle. The crown holds up to five