BUTIA ARCHERI


A very rare and beautiful small palm from Goias , Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo , Southern Brazil, where it grows in Cerrado vegetation in open grasslands.

The trunks rarely reach 1m tall, the palms having distinctive arching leaves.

In cultivation, the palm is notoriously difficult to grow from seed.

The palm is almost unknown in cultivation. Below, pictures in the wild, courtesy of Ed Brown.

This palm is new to cultivation, so its hardiness is unknown, but is likely to show considerable cold resistance like the remainder of its genus.