Dypsis mocquerysiana
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Figure 1. D. mocquerysiana
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Distribution & Habitat:
Rainforest in Masoala and Mananara Avaratra in north eastern Madagascar, as well as on the south eastern coast.
Description:
A small understory palm, solitary or clustering, to about 2 metres tall, with entire or split, deeply bifid, corrugated leaves. As they get older, most plants seem to become clustering, and the leaves become split.
Culture:
Warm, sheltered and moist.
Figure 2. D. mocquerysiana, young plant with entire leaves.
Figure 3. D. mocquerysiana
Figure 4. D. mocquerysiana - older plant, clustering with split leaves.
Contributed by:
Colin Wilson (Figure 1)
Clayton York,
'Utopia Palms & Cycads (Figure 2,3&4)
