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Try Johannesteijsmannia altifrons. It is an amazing palm that gets large but does not trunk. A well grown specimen will fill up your 15' room but it will take a long time, they grow very slowly.
http://www.pacsoa.org.au/palms/Johannesteijsmannia/altifrons.html
Quote: Absolutely amazing stuff to me, I wonder what type of bamboo it could be? I've seen other people growing it around here but more of the 15' high stuff much thinner stalks, but very dense. It's really something to look at a huge stand of bamboo around a property.
If you are interesting in the giant clumping timber bamboos, research the bambusa and dendrocalamus genuses. I would definately recommed bambusa oldhamii and dendrocalamus asper. Dendrocalamus asper should take a temp down to about 22' and they culms are a 12" diameter with a height up to 80'--a truely impressive sight to behold in person. It clumps tightly and is non-invasive. Also is suppose to have delicious shoots. Bambusa oldhamii has culms up to 6" and a total height of about 60'. It clumps tightly and is non-invasive. It is even more cold hardy that d. asper. I have seen large specimen clumps here in Jacksonville and am currently growing some myself. I am trying to get my hands on some d. asper for a good price. Everywhere I find it for sale, they want an arm, leg and one eyeball.
I would suggest you look in the Fort Myers area--more specifically Pine Island.
Good drainage, don't burn them with sun, don't overwater them, don't over fertilize them. Both kings and queens are excellent starters. I have germinated thousands of them and planted them everywhere and given away hundreds. For kings and queens, plant them in an area with good sun and these two will take alot of water and alot of fertilzer after established. If you push them hard, they will become quite robust. Just be careful and don't push to early. Remember the saying when planting palms--1st year they sleep, 2nd year they creep, 3rd year they leap.
Hope this helps. Let me know if you have any other palm questions and I will help you as best as I can. I have germinated many species of palm so I have somewhat of a broad knowledge of palm/cycad seedlings.
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