Palm-like indoor plants

There are plants that can be had indoors

Palm trees are very pretty plants, but they are not always easy to care for indoors. For this reason, it is interesting to get similar plants, but that are more resistant and that are better adapted to living inside the house. Do you want to know what they are?

There are several palm-type houseplants that you should know, since that way you will know which one you can have in your home, and what basic care you have to provide.

Beaucarnea recurvata (Elephant's foot)

The elephant foot is a plant

La Beaucarnea recurvata It is a native plant of Mexico, which is widely cultivated in the temperate and warm regions of the world. When it is on the ground, it reaches a height of between 5 and 10 meters, and develops a trunk up to 1 meter thick at its base; However, grows very slowly and adapts well to living in a pot, but yes, in these conditions it stays much lower (2-3 meters at most) and with a thinner trunk.

Resists drought very well, but you have to put it in a room where a lot of natural light enters so that it has a correct development.

Blechnum humps

The Blechnum gibbum is a tree fern

El Blechnum humps It is a type of small tree fern, which does not exceed 2 meters in height and that develops a false trunk about 20 centimeters thick. It is native to New Caledonia and, like most ferns, it is quite slow growing: it can grow about 10 centimeters a year or so.

It needs a lot of light (but not direct) and a high ambient humidity so that its leaves do not dry out. Likewise, it is important that it be planted in a pot with coconut fiber or quality universal substrate, such as that of Flower, because its roots cannot grow in heavy or too compact soils.

Cyathea Australis (tree fern)

Cyathea australis is a tree fern

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La Cyathea Australis is another tree fern, although this one is found in Australia. It can reach 4-6 meters in height and develops a false trunk about 20 centimeters thick when planted in the ground. The leaves or fronds as they are called, can measure 1-2 meters long, so it is one of the plants that most resemble palm trees without being one.

Despite the height it reaches, it grows slowly. In fact, it does so at a rate of about 10-15 centimeters a year. Therefore, it can be kept in a pot for many years, even for its entire life for it does not have roots strong enough to break the container. Of course, it requires being in a room with lots of light and high humidity.

Dracaena fragrans (Water stick)

The Dracaena fragrans is a plant with green leaves

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La Dracaena fragrans It is an evergreen shrub native to tropical Africa. reaches a height of up to 1 meter, and has a trunk about 10 centimeters thick. Its leaves are relatively long, about 40-50 centimeters, and wide. It is often known by the names of water stick or trunk of Brazil.

However, those names can confuse us since it is not a plant that can live in soils that are always moist. What's more: in order not to lose it, you have to plant it in a pot with holes in its base, and with a quality universal culture substrate such as this for example. In addition, you have to water about 3 times a week in summer, and less in winter, so that the soil has time to dry out a bit.

Dracaena marginata

Dracaena marginata lives well in a hall

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La Dracaena marginata It is an evergreen shrub native to Madagascar that can have one or several trunks about 10 centimeters thick by about 5 meters high. Its leaves are green or tricolor, about 40 centimeters long by 1-2 centimeters wide.

It is a plant that It doesn't need a lot of light to grow, but to maintain the colors of its leaves, it should be placed in a room with windows. through which the sun's rays enter. Also, you should know that you do not have to water it a lot, because it fears more waterlogging than drought.

Dracaena reflex

the Dracaena reflexa is a shrubby plant

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La Dracaena reflex It is an evergreen shrub that reaches a height of between 4 and 6 meters in height, and a trunk up to 20 centimeters thick. The leaves are lanceolate, up to 20 centimeters long by 5 centimeters wide, and grow in a spiral.

It is a slow-growing plant, which is ideal in rooms where a lot of light from outside enters, and which does not require much care, since you only have to water it from time to time and change its pot every 3 or 4 years.

Pachypodium lamerei (Madagascar Palm)

The Pachypodium lamerei is a succulent plant

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El Pachypodium lamerei It is a succulent shrub or small tree, evergreen or deciduous (depending on whether temperatures drop below 15ºC or not), endemic to Madagascar. It can reach 8 meters in height when planted in the ground, but in a pot it is difficult for it to exceed 2 meters. Also, you should know that it develops a thorny trunk whose thickness is about 40 centimeters at its base.

As an indoor plant it is demanding: needs a lot of natural light, and a light substrate that drains water very well, such as those used for cacti and succulents, such as this. Also, you have to water it from time to time, letting the soil dry out.

yucca elephantipes (Elephant foot cassava)

The Yucca elephantipes is a palm-like houseplant

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La yucca elephantipes It is a bushy plant native to Mesoamerica that can reach a height of 10 meters, and develops elongated leaves ending in a point, which is prickly but harmless. There are different varieties: green leaf, which is the most common, and others with variegated leaves.

Can be grown for many years in pots, even throughout its life because although its trunk tends to branch, these branches can be cut and planted in different pots, or given as gifts. Of course, put it in a room where a lot of natural light enters, otherwise it will not be able to grow well.

Which of these palm-type indoor plants did you like the most? Do you know others? If so, feel free to tell us. We would love to hear your opinion.

And if you have been wanting to know which are the palm trees that you can have inside the house, click here:

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