Reportedly a relatively cold hardy species since from a higher elevation in native Madagascar. However it's cold hardiness has yet to be...Read More tested well in California or Florida (2015). It is another of the curious Dypsis that start out with one leaf pattern and suddenly morph into a completely different leaf pattern at the first stages of maturity (making some in the past assume multiple species involved). As juvenile palm, plant has very compact, curling leaves, nearly coiled leaflets in a mildly plumose pattern, with basically no petioles. Colors are not too noticeable. But as palm begins to mature, the leaves assume almost exaggerated petioles (several feet or more), more gently arching very long leaves and more modestly arching leaflets in a marked plumose arrangement. The colors of the petioles and new leaf bases are amazing and vibrant.
Reportedly a relatively cold hardy species since from a higher elevation in native Madagascar. However it's cold hardiness has yet to be...Read More