Rhaphidophora hongkongensis Schott can grow to very large (long) sizes. Its alternate, distichous, leaves are chartaccous or subcoriacious, oblique elliptic, sometimes oblong-lanceolate, beautifully glossy and mid to dark green.
Genus name comes form greek rhaphis, rhaphidos (needle) and pher6 (I bear); refers to the macroscopic (to 1 cm long), needle-like unicellular trichosclereids present in tissues.
Rhaphidophora hongkongensis
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Rhaphidophora hongkongensis is ca. 30 cm tall and comes in a ⌀ 15 cm pot.
