Aiphanes hirsuta
A medium-sized palm with slender, densely clustering stems and spreading crowns of lightly plumose, dark green leaves with slightly wedge-shaped segments. The trunk and leasfstalks are well armed with densely set spines. Aiphanes hirsuta is native to montane rainforests to 2000 m from Costa Rica to northwestern Ecuador. In cultivation it is virtually unknown but will make a nice and quick growing ornamental for the tropical or warm temperate garden.
