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| − | '''''Dypsis utilis''''' is another of the 'hairy' branching Dypsis that have been grown successfully in California for many decades now, though it is still not an overly common or popular palm. | + | '''''Dypsis utilis''''' is another of the 'hairy' branching Dypsis that have been grown successfully in California for many decades now, though it is still not an overly common or popular palm. This is one of the larger hairy Dypsis and so far has proven fairly easy to grow, but suffers in full inland sun (partial sun near the coast might be tolerated). |
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| − | *'''Habit''': | + | *'''Habit''': solitary, eventually branching (though seems less likely in California) with a crown of 8-10 feather leaves per branch |
| − | *'''Height''': | + | *'''Height''': 20' estimate |
| − | *'''Trunk''': | + | *'''Trunk''': single; branching dichotomously eventually (usually once over 10' tall) with branches barely separated by than a few inches; covered with dense layers of drooping, long, brown fibers; bottom of trunk may be clean (or cleaned manually) of fibers and faintly ringed, sometimes with a good deal of red coloration on newly exposed trunk |
| − | *'''Crownshaft''': | + | *'''Crownshaft''': none |
| − | *'''Spread''': | + | *'''Spread''': |
*'''Leaf Description''': | *'''Leaf Description''': | ||
*'''Petiole/Leaf bases''': | *'''Petiole/Leaf bases''': | ||
Common Name: Vonitra Palm
Dypsis utilis is another of the 'hairy' branching Dypsis that have been grown successfully in California for many decades now, though it is still not an overly common or popular palm. This is one of the larger hairy Dypsis and so far has proven fairly easy to grow, but suffers in full inland sun (partial sun near the coast might be tolerated).
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