Palms   Dypsis baronii

Synonymy: Neodypsis baronii , Neodypsis compactus , Chrysalidocarpus proprinquus Common Names: None 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 ( D. 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. Figure 1. D. baronii in south-east Queensland. Figure 2. Looking into the leaves of D. baronii . Contributed by: Michael Gray For further information try Monocot Checklist Palm Web