Mauritiella armata

Common Names:
Ghost Palm,
Moretillo Palm

Conservation Status:
Not threatened.

Distribution & Habitat:
Quite widely distributed in South America, from the lowlands of the Amazon River, up to the cool Guyana Highlands at 1400m.

Description:
A very striking palm, featuring multiple spiny trunks to about 15m, with large, deeply segmented palmate leaves which can have up to 120 segments, and a silvery undersurface.

Culture:
The main requirement is water, and lots of it