Ruffled fan palms do not do well in high winds, which can tear the long leaves. Visit a ruffled fan palm, growing under the fiddle leaf fig tree, in the John F. Wolfe Palm House at Franklin Park ...

The first fossil records show that palms date back 80 million years. ... The ruffled fan palm (Licuala grandis) is a desirable plant that is often seen in conservatories in temperate climates.