Ripening fruits turn yellow, then dark red. Grow in a shady, moist location. Drymophloeus subdistichus a slender trunked species, is also from the Solomon Islands. Twenty-five year old plants at the Garden are about 20 feet tall with trunks twelve inches in diameter. The crown of leaves is heavier and fuller than D. pachycladus .
Fruits are red when ripe.
This species is best suited for a moist location, protected from intense afternoon sun. Pseudophoenix sargentii ssp . The dark green pinnate leaves cast a filigree shade over the distinctive gray banded trunk. Native to the Florida Keys and extremely endangered, the plants in the sale were the result of seed germination experiments as part of a program to replenish the palm in its native habitat. P. sargentii ssp.