Dypsis baronii

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Figure 1. D. baronii inflorescence

Synonymy:

Neodypsis baronii,
Neodypsis compactus,
Chrysalidocarpus proprinquus

Habitat:

Madagascan rainforest, usually on the east coast.

Description:

Medium sized (to about 6m) usually clumping, but occasionally single trunked palm. Very similar to the Golden Cane Palm (Dypsis_lutescens), but a bit smaller, and more elegant. Quite variable, and very attractive.

General:

One of the most cold tolerant of the Madagascan palms. Deserves to be much more widely grown than it is, in view of its attractiveness, and cold tolerance.

Culture:

Can be a bit difficult, but usually prefers a lightly shaded, moist, but well drained position. As mentioned above, quite untroubled by even several degrees of frost.

File:Dypsis baronii.jpg

Figure 2. Looking into the leaves of D. baronii

Figure 3. D. baronii in south-east Queensland

Contributed by:

Ian Edwards (Figure 1)
Michael Gray (Figure 2&3)

External Links:

Kew, PalmWeb, eMonocot, JSTOR, Trebrown

Google, GoogleImages, Flickr, PalmTalk