These are wax palms (
palma de cera), photographed in Colombia's Cocora Valley by Alex Treadway for
National Geographic.
Under ideal growing conditions the wax palm can grow to a height of 50
meters (160 ft)—or rarely, even as high as 60 meters (200 ft)—making it the tallest palm and by extension the tallest monocot in the world...
The palm is recognized as the national tree of Colombia, and since the
implementation of Law 61 of 1985 it is legally a protected species in
that country. Ceroxylon quindiuense has an extremely slow growth and can live up to one hundred years...
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