Caryota

(Giant fishtail palm) Mitis

Look closely at the leaflets and you'll see where the name comes from: each one is wedge-shaped with a ragged edge, just like the tail of a fish. Caryota Mitis grows from several slender stems, so instead of one single trunk you get a light, clumping palm that feels properly tropical. Picture it in a bright corner of your living room, with the glossy green fronds arching out and throwing playful shadows across the wall. At around 100 cm tall in its 24 cm pot, it already has presence, and it keeps adding new fronds as the seasons go by. In the warm, damp forests of Southeast Asia it grows beneath taller trees, which is why it's happiest with bright, filtered light at home. Give this green friend a spot in your urban jungle and let it do what palms do best: make a room feel like a holiday.

Give it a bright spot with plenty of filtered light, a few steps back from a sunny window, because strong afternoon sun scorches those delicate leaflets. Water about once a week, as soon as the top 2 to 3 cm of soil feels dry, and let any excess drain away so the roots never sit in a puddle. It's a rainforest native, so it loves a warm, humid room between 16 and 28 °C, and a mist over the fronds now and then helps when the heating dries out the air. Brown leaf tips usually mean the air is too dry or the soil stayed dry for too long, which is easy to fix with a slightly different rhythm. Repot every two years in spring into fresh, airy potting soil, using a pot only a little bigger. Feed every few weeks in spring and summer, and let it rest over winter. Heads up: the fruits and sap can irritate, so keep it out of reach of pets and little ones.

Your order will be hand picked and packed in our strong and sustainable packaging as soon as possible, after which it will be delivered straight from our greenhouse to your door by your chosen carrier. You can follow the journey of your plants via the tracking link you receive in your mail. If you have any questions regarding your order and its shipment, you can get in contact with our support team.

We expect every order to arrive in tip-top shape. We take intensive care of the plants in our greenhouse and use special and as sustainable as possible protective packaging to ship our plants. We also wrote an extensive blog about how to unpack and prepare your plants for growth after shipping. However there are rare occasions where our plants don’t meet their full potential. That’s why all plants are guaranteed for 30 days after arrival, if still in its original nursery pot.