Hawaiian coconut belongs to Palmaceae, with a height of 1-3m. The stem nodes are hollow, slender and segmented obviously. New buds are born from the stem, without branches.
Its leaves grow in the upper part of the rhizome, which is sparse, and there is no leaf in the lower part of the rhizome. The leaves are relatively slender, dark green and feathery. The leaves on a single branch are relatively less and the leaf spacing is larger. The flowers are fleshy spikes, usually pink, growing in the upper part of the stem.
Bambusa belongs to arboraceae, with a plant height of 3-6M. Stem nodes are hollow, long and thin, with many branches.
Its leaves grow in the upper part of the rhizome, more dense, less leaves in the lower part of the rhizome. The leaves are narrow and long, linear, some even needle shaped, and the color of the leaves is green. There are more leaves on a single branch and smaller leaf spacing. The flowers are fleshy spikes, usually tender yellow.
Hawaiian coconut like high temperature and humidity environment, with strong resistance to negative, fear of direct sunlight
It is suitable to survive at 20 ℃ ~ 30 ℃. Has the strong cold resistance, may overwinter under the temperature above 2 ℃.
It has a large demand for water. Besides normal watering, it also needs to sprinkle water around plants to ensure a humid environment.
It has high adaptability to different soil.
Phoenix Tail Bamboo is light, a little shade resistant, can't not accept the light for a long time, but can't accept the sun exposure
Suitable for above 10 ℃ temperature survival, poor cold resistance, can not be frozen
It likes to be wet but afraid of standing water. Standing water for a long time will cause the plant to rot.
It likes acidic, slightly acidic environment, not easy to grow in alkaline soil.
Hawaiian coconut is native to Mexico and grows mainly in the tropics of South America. Now Taiwan Province of China is also growing in batches, becoming one of its main producing areas.
Bambusa is native to China, and now it is planted in batches in warmer areas in South China.
The above is the difference between the two plants, we can easily distinguish them
