Chrysalidocarpus Lutescens Seed Areca Palm Butterfly Palm
LATIN NAME: Dypsis lutescens
COMMON NAME: Butterfly Palm
Few room plants look as cheerful as the butterfly palm, and few palms are as forgiving. It grows as a clump-forming, evergreen palm, with the slender, smooth, cane-like stems that arch outward from the base and carry the fine, arching, feather-shaped fronds of the many narrow, green leaflets. The leaf stalks are a bright, golden-yellow, which gives the whole palm a warm, glowing look, and the clump slowly fills out into a dense, graceful thicket of the arching fronds. It is a species of the palm in the palm family, native to the warm forests of the eastern coast of Madagascar, and it is known as the butterfly palm or the areca palm.
The butterfly palm belongs to the palm family, Arecaceae, and it is a clump-forming, evergreen palm of the warm forests of the eastern coast of Madagascar. Its golden-yellow leaf stalks and its arching, feather-shaped fronds make it one of the most popular of the room palms. It is known as the butterfly palm, and it is treasured for its graceful, forgiving ways.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The butterfly palm has been studied in the horticulture for its easy ways as a room plant, and its growth, its light and its watering in the warm room have been carefully studied. The palm has been written about in the horticultural papers as one of the most popular of the house palms, and its arching, golden-stalked fronds have been studied for the fresh, filtered light they bring to a room. The palm has also been looked at in the botany for its place in the warm forests of its native island, and its clump-forming growth has been of interest in the cultivation. For a palm with such an easy and generous nature, the butterfly palm has a steady and practical record of study.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
Around the warm room and the sheltered terrace, the butterfly palm is a dependable joy. Its arching, feather-shaped fronds on the golden-yellow stalks give a light, tropical feel to a bright corner, and the clump fills out into a graceful thicket of green. In its native forests the palm is a part of the warm, coastal woodland, and away from home it has become one of the most planted of the room palms. It is an easy, forgiving plant that asks only for a bright spot and a little water, and its fine, arching fronds bring a fresh, calm presence to any room. The butterfly palm is a rewarding plant for the grower. These seeds are best sown fresh — press them at a shallow depth into pots of rich, moist, free-draining soil, keep the pots warm and lightly shaded and never let them dry out, and the first slender shoots will thread up in good time.
Dypsis lutescens seeds