Description

The big leaf of a fan palm can provide a fair amount of shelter from sun or rain. In the right hands, it could be stylish, too. A cultural practitioner somewhere will be glad to demonstrate that specific art.

You can nap under a fan palm, if it’s tall enough to have clear space under it — unlike its stately cousins, it can’t drop a lethal nut on your nut. And the light… we envisioned a kumu hula of old, maybe drowsing in the shade, dreaming of the shapes their dancers could make.

Photographer’s note: Creeping about in the landscaping to get a shot from the shadows is not, for an adult, recommended.