Daemonorops calicarpa

Cultivation Details

Most species in this genus are more or less vigorous climbing plants in rainforests. In general, they are likely to grow best with their roots in the shade but with enough gap in the canopy to encourage their stems to grow up towards the light. They are also likely to grow best in a humus-rich soil^[PFAF]. The plant is monocarpic, living for a number of years without flowering, but them flowering freely and dying afterwards^[1]. A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.