Germination Fill the bottom of your pot with gravel and add garden soil. Top it with a good layer of humus. Plant your seeds at ½ inch deep. In summer, keep soil humid, but make sure to place a plate under the pot to eliminate the excess of water. Reduce watering in winter. Give your young plant fertilizer twice a month. Place-it under a good source of light, but no direct sun. Prevent the plant from being exposed to a temperature below 17ºC during growth. Growth should be pretty fast. Germination could take up to three months, but it could be more, don't get discouraged.

• Cyrtostachys renda, the Lipstick Palm, is native of Asia. It grows well in subtropical and tropical regions. This palm will grow to about 3 meters high or smaller if grown in pot. It is a beautiful and very different looking palm, one of the most colourful. The trunk is made up of many smaller stems each growing close to each other. They turn to a bright red early in age.
• The stems are slick and smooth. Its colour is so unique for a palm tree that it gave the plant its name. The palms are feather-like and green-yellowish to green. The flowers are hermaphrodite. The palm blooms all year long in tropical climates. Hardiness zone 11 (4ºC/40ºF) in winter.
• The Lipstick Palm is very sensitive to temperatures under 10ºC/50ºF. The average conservation temperature should be about 28-36ºC. Idealy, it should never go under 20ºC. The palm's needs make it difficult to grow in climates other than tropical or subtropical.
• The Lipstick Palm can be grown in a hot glasshouse or veranda and inside in winter. It requires a lot of light and humidity. It needs to be watered regularly. Place it under a partial sun or a good source of light.

Cyrtostachys renda, the Lipstick Palm, is native of Asia. It grows well in subtropical and tropical regions. This palm will grow to about 3 meters high or smaller if grown in pot. It is a beautiful and very different looking palm, one of the most colourful. The trunk is made up of many smaller stems each growing close to each other. They turn to a bright red early in age.