Butterfly Palm, Areca Palm, Golden Cane Palm
Synonym: Areca lutescens, Chrysalidocarpus lutescens
Dypsis lutescens
Size: Up to 25 feet tall (7.5 m) Up to 12 feet in diameter (5 m), bigger if it is a large clump
Min. Temperature: 26°F (-3°C)
Water Requirements: Regular water with good drainage
Sun Requirements: Full sun to shade
Origin: Madagascar
Germination: Germinate easily and rapidly when fresh
Leaf: Pinnate,
6 to 8 pale green leaves per stem, 80 to 100 leaflets,
to 8 feet long (2.4 m).
Yellow if grown with enough light, 2 feet long (60 cm).
Trunk: clustering Greenish gray crownshaft,
Ringed,
3 to 5 inches in diameter (7 to 12 cm).
Flower: Yellow male and female flowers on the same inflorescence..
Flower stalk coming from below the leaves.
Fruit: yellow to purple.
0.75 inches (2 cm).
Oval.
Seed: Dark red.
Oval.
