Dypsis lutescens

Dypsis lutescens
Golden cane Palm, Areca Palm

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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Seeds from this species ...

... are easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to sprout.
Seed got from older palm in Cambodia hotel. Seed took about 4 week to germinate easy and fast grower.
Submitted on 22/12/2006 by one of our visitors

... are very easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to sprout.
Soaked seeds for 3 days in a solution of Superthrive. I did not peel the fiber off of them. I placed 3 seeds to a baggie filled with moist Spagnum Moss and placed them in a dark drawer with no added heat. Within 2 weeks I have 50% germination. Love this palm!!
Submitted on 21/07/2006 by one of our visitors

...easy to germinate and need up to 3 months to sprout.
upon arrival soaked the seed sin water for approx 2 days, and then planted in plastic containers in a peak mix and watered often. Placed boxes next to a heat source at arround 20 degrees celcius. Have near 100% germination after 2 months. Malta
Submitted on 28/03/2005 by Andrew Strickland mstrick@maltanet.net

...very easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to sprout.
Very easy to germinate, with and without bottom heat, and fast.
Submitted on 23/12/2002 by Van vandringar@hotmail.com

...easy to germinate and need up to 6 months to sprout.
Fresh seeds are a must; as experience shows 3-4 week storage on shelf under room conditions produces zero germination.Fresh seeds (without pre-soaking in pulpy flesh) was sown the same day when collected in garden center potting soil in open pots with frequent irrigation. The temperature maintained was about 25 d.C.First seed germinated after 2,5 months, the last one - after 3,5 months ofsowing. Total germination rate achieved was 50%.
Submitted on 19/11/2002 by Sergei Leonov serileonov@hotmail.com

...very easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to sprout.
Seeds germinated in 15-30 days with over 90% success.((I recommend it)).
Submitted by Zaid Akeel zaid133@hotmail.com


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If you wish to read more on palm cultivation, we highly recommend Ornamental Palm Horticulture by Timothy K. Broschat and Alan W. Meerow, available in our bookshop.

Ratings and comments reflect individual experiences and the views of our visitors. They do not necessarily describe the most appropriate methods, nor are they necessarily valid for all seeds or plants of this species. Germination and plant cultivation success depends on many different factors; nevertheless, these experiences will hopefully aid you in your effort to get the best germination results from our seeds and the best growth results from your plants.

We recommend:

Martius, Book of Palms
by H. Walter Lack

Hardcover - 450 pages
19.8 x 13.5 inches!
11.1 pounds!
50 x 34 cm, 5 kg

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Suitable for: all

Martius's magnificent work on the varieties of palm tree. This epic folio was based on Martius's expedition to Brazil and Peru with zoologist Johann Baptist von Spix. From 1817 to 1820 the pair travelled over 2,250 km (1,400 miles) throughout the Amazon Basin, the most species-rich palm region in the world, collecting and sketching specimens.
In his epic work, Martius outlined the modern classification of palm, produced the first maps of palm biogeography, described all the palms of Brazil, and collated the sum of all known genera of the palm family. For apart from his own collection of specimens and notes, Martius also wrote about the findings of others.
Martius's folio is unusual in its inclusion of cross-sectioned diagrams, conveying the architecture of these mighty trees. Equally remarkable are the color landscapes showing various palms—often standing alone—which have a simple and elegant beauty. This famous work is an unrivaled landmark in botanic illustration and taxonomy.

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