Rhapis excelsa taiheiden

The "king of the kannonchiku"

Rhapis excelsa 'taiheiden' is perhaps the most sought after of the all-green Rhapis. This is truly the "King of kannonchiku". The quality of the leaf is very good, they are very large, wide and thick. The leaves and trunks are the largest of all the Lady Palms. They are very slow growers and very expensive, the value of these 30 year old container grown palms (pictured) are in excess of $5,000 and are perhaps the largest 'taiheidens' in the world.

Rhapis excelsa 'taiheiden', The king of kannonchiku: This is perhaps the most sought after of the all-green Rhapis. The quality of the leaf is most excellent, they are very large, wide and thick, the petiole is short and thick. The leaves and trunks are the largest of all the Rhapis, thus coined "King". Although slow growing they are easy to grow and produce many new pups. Discovered as a sport among other Rhapis growing in Taiwan and was registered in 1949. This image is of a 30 year old palm growing in a 20 gallon container.

Rhapis excelsa 'taiheiden' is perhaps the most sought after of the all-green Rhapis. This is truly the "King of kannonchiku". Notice the the leaves, as they are very large, wide and thick. The "Taiheiden" was discovered as a sport among other taiwanchiu-group of plants and was registered in 1949.

Rhapis excelsa 'Kodaruma' with seed

Rhapis excelsa 'Daruma' male plant

Rhapis excelsa (Lady Palm) in the Garden

Rhapis excelsa 'Standard' (left) compared to Rhapis excelsa 'Taiheiden' (right).

Rhapis excelsa 'Standard' (left) compared to Rhapis excelsa 'Taiheiden' (right).

Compare both petiole R.e. 'standard' (bottom) and R e. 'taiheiden' (top)

Close-up of both Rhapis excelsa 'standard' (top right) and Rhapis excelsa 'taiheiden' (bottom left) petiole.

Rhapis excelsa seed that have been cleaned