{"product_id":"calamus-leptopus","title":"Calamus leptopus","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCalamus leptopus\u003c\/em\u003e, known in Malay as rotan bacap, is a robust, clump-forming climbing rattan from the far south of Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore. Few rattans are as easy to recognise: the yellowish-green leaf stalk and leaf axis are speckled with grey to black blotches, one ringing the base of every spine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIts large leaves, often about 5 m long, carry up to 40 bright green, hanging leaflets on each side and end in a long climbing whip. Older literature lists it as \u003cem\u003eDaemonorops leptopus\u003c\/em\u003e. It is widespread in the wild but usually met as single, isolated plants.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAt a glance\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNative range:\u003c\/strong\u003e southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMature size:\u003c\/strong\u003e a few stems climbing to about 15 m\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWater:\u003c\/strong\u003e its home climate is ever-wet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCold hardiness:\u003c\/strong\u003e a plant of ever-wet tropical forest; keep it frost-free\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIndoors \/ outdoors:\u003c\/strong\u003e outdoors in the humid tropics; elsewhere a plant for a large, heated glasshouse\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCare\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrow it warm, moist and humid, as befits a rattan of ever-wet tropical forest. The leaf sheaths and stalks carry stiff spines, and each leaf ends in a long climbing whip, so give it room to scramble away from paths, and wear gloves when handling it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy Palmpedia:\u003c\/strong\u003e Every plant is grown in our greenhouse in Almeirim, Portugal, and leaves us in a 15 L to 35 L pot.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Palmpedia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67720284438702,"sku":null,"price":9.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7877\/2398\/files\/6898_Calamus-leptopus_01_097a8949-46de-4991-a03c-086461e7b8c7.jpg?v=1792614575","url":"https:\/\/shop.palmetum.com\/products\/calamus-leptopus","provider":"Palmpedia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}