Pronunciation: DIPP-siss x mad-uh-gas-car-ee-EN-siss
Common Name: none
Dypsis decaryi x madagascariensis (single stem form) is a rare but excellent hybrid species for California. It retains a lot of the triangle palm morphology but with some amazing color changes from the Dypsis madagascriensis in the area of the pseudocrownshaft.
Synonym: Dypsis decaryi x lucubensis
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Appearance and Biology
- Habit: solitary with a crown of up to 20 feather leaves
- Height: 25' estimate
- Trunk: single; 10" thick; closely ringed
- Crownshaft: pseudocrownshaft made up of 6-9 leaf bases; some brown fuzz (from Dypsis decaryi) and some white wax (from Dypsis madagascariensis)
- Spread: 12'-24'
- Leaf Description: pinnate; tristichous arrangement; narrow 'V' with upright leaflets; leaflets closely spaced and fairly stiff, but with tips pendent; grey-green; 6'-7' long
- Petiole/Leaf bases: petiole about 1' long; grey green; leaf bases very wide, deeply 'V'd and shield-like; covered with brown-red fuzz and some waxy white coloration
- Reproduction: monoecious
- Inflorescence:
- Fruit:
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Horticultural Characteristics
- Minimum Temp: 28F
- Drought Tolerance: moderate
- Dry Heat Tolerance: good
- Cool Tolerance: unknown
- Wind Tolerance: moderate
- Salt Tolerance: unknown
- Growth Rate: slow to moderate
- Soil Preference: adaptable
- Light Requirement: full sun
- Human Hazards: none
- Disease or Horticultural Problems: none yet
- Transplants?: unknown
- Indoor?: unknown
- Availability: very rare
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