Dypsis lutescens

Dypsis lutescens
[Chrysalidocarpus lutescens, Areca lutescens, Chrysalidocarpus glaucescens]
'Golden Cane Palm, Buterfly Palm'
[ Palmae ] [ Madagascar ]

As one of the world's most popular indoor plants, the Golden cane or Areca Palm hardly needs an introduction. Outdoors, it quickly develops into an elegant, midsized palm with densely clustering, slender, green trunks; yellow crownshafts and leafstalks; and recurving, V-shaped leaves. Dypsis lutescens originally comes from Madagascar, the home of so many exciting palms, where it grows in coastal forest on sandy soils. It will tolerate cool conditions to some extent, as well as light frosts, and is best suited to climates ranging from subtropical to tropical.

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Habitat
Sand dunes
zone 11 = Winter minimum temperature 4C to 10C (40F to 50F)

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Monoecious ( Plant bearing both male and female flowers )
Clustered ( With several stems in the same individual )
Pinnate Leaves ( Feather-like )
Monoecious ( Plant bearing both male and female flowers )
Drought-Tolerant
Fast-Growing

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Cultivation
Substrate	Temperature during winter
1 soil + 2 humus	Indoor during winter temperature min. 17C
Lighting	Watering during automn-winter
Sunny	Rarely ( when the substrate is dry )
Watering during hot season	Fertilizer during growth
Regularly but without excess, and especialy during summer	Regularly but with spacing
Pruning	Repotting
No pruning	Repot every year if possible

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