Rhapis excelsa, Lady Palm Tree, The Air Cleaner

Rhapis excelsa, Lady Palm Tree, "The Air Cleaner" Rhapis excelsa is endemic to South-Central China and surrounding areas. It was first collected by the Japanese for Tokugawa shogunate palaces.  The delicate lady palm forms dense clumps of bamboo-like stalks topped with very dark green, glossy, broad, fan-shaped leaves. It grows up to 12 feet in height with 1 inch diameter multi-stemmed clumps. Leaf-ends are saw-toothed. New foliage emerges from a fibrous sheath which remains attached to the base. As the plants age, the sheaths fall, revealing the bamboo-like trunks. This palm produces very ornamental inflorescence at the top of the plant. Ripe fruit is white. The amazing Lady Palm is very low maintenance which accounts for this palm's popularity! It requires very little light to thrive, is very drought tolerant and not susceptible to health issues. Rhapis excelsa is also very adaptable to soil types although neutral to slightly acid soils with good drainage and organic matter is recomm