Common Name:  Cyrtostachys renda 'Red Form' x unknown

Sun:  Full sun from a young age

Growth Rate:  Slow (a bit faster than pure Lipstick Palms)

Fertilizer:  Low

Water:  Tons. Will grow with some or all of its root ball submerged in water.

Cold Tolerance:  Zone 11 (can be grown in 10b if protected from windchill or brought in if temps fall below 50deg F when young and 45deg F once mature)

History:  This 'Apple' form is in a few Australian and Hawaiian gardens, as well as at Nong Nooch.   Since there are Red, Yellow, and Orange cultivars of the Lipstick Palm, this could be a hybrid of the Red form with the Yellow form (both of which are found in flowering-size in Singapore and Thailand gardens).  Or, it could be crossed with another species of Cyrtostachys such as elegans or bakeri.

Production:  The plant is only propagated vegetatively as we are not aware of any seed being dispersed.

Benefits:  Slightly faster growing and more cold tolerant than pure C. renda. Leaflets tend to be very dark green. More diversly colorful crownshaft than pure C. renda.

Identification:  Streaked crownshaft and trunk. Thin leaflets that are widely spaced. Very wide leaf base scars once trunking.