Beccariophoenix Species, Giant Windowpane Palm, Manarano Palm, Windowpane Coconut

This palm is said to like full sun if it is not too far inland and it gets plenty of water. My seedling went from greenhouse to pretty m...Read Moreuch full sun without any problems. Some say it is cold hardy into the 20's. Some parts of Madagascar do get down to freezing in the winter. It has yellow petioles which contrast nicely with it's green leaves. It is said to grow at a moderate growth. I say let's test this palm in different conditions to see what it can truly handle.

though currently classified as Beccariophoenix madagascariensis, it is possible once the cultivated palms finally start flowering, it wil...Read Morel be given a new species name... as it most certainly not the same species as the more common 'windows' version of this genus. Some are saying that more familiar form, however, will be th one renamed at some point. This palm is finally getting large enough in cultivation in Hawaii that one can begin to see it will be a much less massive palm, with a trunk only half the diameter, if not even less, of the window form. It is a much stiffer-leaved plant, with leaves growing very upright while young. The leaves are also much shorter and a deeper green (no yellowing problems in this species). It has been touted as being more hardy than the windows form of Beccariophoenix, and so far, that seems to be the case. There are a few almost trunking sized palms here, but many attempts at this result in a sulking, dinky seedling that eventually rots. However, in a warm, very sunny location without serious freezes, this plant appears to be a good one for southern California.

This plant is often referred to as Beccariophoenix 'No Windows'.