Lighting for Chrismtas Palm Tree

[Brado78]

Hello Everyone

I am going to buy a Christmas Palm Tree, I am interested in a https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B001UV6P9I/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A3DWYIK6Y9EEQB&psc=1 for the tree, I live in a dark apartment and I was wondering if this will be enough light for the Tree

Thanks Everyone

 

[Mike64]

It might do it while it's small (assuming you buy it small), but like most true palms, Adonidias old/large enough to start forming a decent trunk really need full sub/tropical sun to thrive. And since light intensity drops off very quickly with distance, you'd have to keep even a relatively powerful light like that one (though it won't be as bright as they make it sound/you might think) close to the crown, and not care about losing fronds faster than usual below the very top.

Realistically, unless you treat them as disposable, to be replaced as they invariably become unhealthy and start looking like crap, any full-size, trunk-forming palm, even one of the shorter ones, is just a really bad choice of plants for a dark apartment unless you can put it outside for much of the year. (And for that matter, they're really not a great choice even for normal-bright indoor areas, especially at higher latitudes.)

 

[Fardringle]

As Mike said, that light would probably help the tree stay green for a few months (buy it just before Christmas, decorate it, then toss it out or plant it outside in the spring) but not as a permanent solution since those trees need lots of bright, warm, real sunlight.

 

[Brado78]

ok....guess i will go for a dwarf pygmy...........thanks guys

 

[Mike64]

ok....guess i will go for a dwarf pygmy...........thanks guys

If you mean a "Pygmy Date Palm" or so-called-dwarf form of Phoenix roebelenii ("dwarf" being a very relative term), that really won't do any better. Unless you have great natural light including from overhead, like on a sun porch or a conservatory, palms of any sort really just aren't good long-term houseplants even in their native/naturalized habitats, and certainly not in "dark apartments" at high latitudes.

[ETA] Probably the only "palm" you'd have any real hope of maintaining over time with most or all of its light coming from a "grow light" is the one that goes by the name Parlor Palm (Chamaedeorea elegans, aka/fka Neanthe bella). They can get by with comparatively low light, but you'll have to keep an especially sharp eye out for mites, even more so during the colder months when the heat's on and indoor air tends to get really dry... (All the palms tend to be somewhat mite prone, but this one seems to be an especially beloved target of those miserable almost-invisible little bastards...)