PACSOA - Dypsis sp. 'Jurassic Park'
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Dypsis sp. 'Jurassic Park'
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Distribution & Habitat:
Madagascan rainforest.

Description:
A large, solitary palm with a thick trunk, orange crownshaft, and long slightly plumose leaves. Similar in appearance to Dypsis pilulifera

General:
Another Dypsis only known from cultivated specimens.

Culture:
Sunny, moist, but well drained position. Fairly slow growing.


Figure 1. D. sp. 'Jurassic Park' crownshaft.


Figure 2. D. sp. 'Jurassic Park' with Jeff Marcus for scale.

Contributed by: Bo Lundkvist, Lundkvist Palm Garden (Figure 1)
Matt Patricelli (Figure 2)

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