Carludovica Species, Carludovica Palm, Panama Hat Plant

I just uploaded a picture of my plant. Since I am in zone 7 this plant can not be planted outside. I have had it in a pot for several yea...Read Morers and it has bloomed as you can see in the picture. The bloom looks like white spaghetti. I have just recently discovered what the plant is. I purchased it in Florida some years back as a triangle palm and soon discovered that that was not what it is. I first kept it in the sun and discovered that it liked shade, and it has done better since then. I bring it in our plant room each winter where it has bright light and temp. 60 C or above.

Panama Hat Plant/Carludovica palmata planted in December, 2008, in Miami, FL. from 20 gallon cont. at approx. 4-6 ft. hgt.
Experie...Read Morenced record low temperatures Jan. 2010, 32 degrees with wind chills into the mid-20s, above ground foliage destroyed and since removed. Does anyone have knowledge concerning possible regrowth from roots?

Origin: Central America, north of South America
Carludovica grows to 4 meters, looks like a palm, but has no trunk.
It is ...Read Morenot a palm botanicaly speaking.
The flowers are like a bunch of white spagettis, the fruit is green on the outside and bright red inside. Seeds are very small, and birds eat the fruits and disperse the seeds.
Easy to reproduce by suckers and seeds.. Can be planted in pots .
Is used to make Panama hats.

A very palm-like plant but with cylindindrical petioles (pretty uncommon in the palm world)- makes huge, densely packed clumps of plant- ...Read Morelikes tons of water. Commonly planted landscape plant in tropics.