Kentia palm is one of the most elegant and expensive palms that can be used indoors. Ranging in size from 4ft. to 12ft., it is slow growing, durable, and forgiving. It has long graceful, feathery, dark green fronds coming off of a single thin trunk.
Kentia Palm Plant Care
Howea forsteriana
What is the plant
The Kentia palm (Howea forsteriana) is a popular choice among interior decorators because it is well suited for container growing. This elegant palm does very well indoors since it is extremely durable and slow growing. The Kentia palm is native to Lord Howe Island (off the eastern Australian coast) where it can reach an impressive height of 60 feet. For indoor containerized growing, heights can fall anywhere between 5 to 12 feet. Kentias have upright slender trunks and long arching, feathered, dark green leaves (also known as fronds).
humidity
High
lighting
Part sun and part shade
temperature
16°C - 16°C
hardiness zone
9b - 11b
difficulty
Medium
How to Care for the Plant
Water
A kentia palm does not tolerate excess water at a roots. Before watering, make sure that a substrate is already dry a couple inches deep, not just on a surface. Indoors, water a plant a maximum frequency of 2 times a week during a summer months. Water it abundantly twice a month in winter.
Pruning
To prune a plant to encourage bushy new growth, snip off the dominant buds on select stems, staggering the cuts to encourage varied growth.
Fertilizer
Feed a plant with a liquid fertilizer designed for flowering plants
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Sunlight
This plant needs 8 hours of filtered sun per day.
Soil
Use a special potting mix for your plant.
Temperature
Keep the room temperature between 65 and 85 degrees for a Kentia Palm.
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Container
Increase pot size by 2.5-5 cm (1 to 2 inches) in diameter for plants that are growing in pots 25.4 cm (10 inches) in diameter or less. For larger plants, those growing in pots greater than 10 inches in diameter, increase the pot size by 5 or 7.62 cm (2 or 3 inches) in diameter.
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