Dypsis decaryi Seeds | Triangle Palm
LATIN NAME: Dypsis decaryi
COMMON NAME: Triangle Palm
Plant Profile
Known to gardeners as Triangle Palm, Dypsis decaryi is a palm in the palm family. Palm is a fine, bold presence of warm garden, and it is a palm of open, sunny, deep, well-drained ground. Few species give back so generously for so little effort.
Science & Biotechnology
Within the palm family, Dypsis decaryi is of continuing interest to researchers working on plant diversity, seed biology and the selection of improved garden forms. Breeders and collectors still work with it, so well-kept seed remains available.
Uses & Benefits
Gardeners value Triangle Palm for its ornamental character, and the plant also fits naturally into herb, vegetable and cutting gardens. Triangle palm is a fine, bold palm of warm garden and study collection. It is a fine, bold palm of open, sunny, deep, well-drained garden. Give young palms warmth and deep, well-drained bed, and triangular fans will form over the years. It takes hold quickly and asks for no special treatment from then on.
A tree like this repays patience for decades: it cools and shelters its surroundings, hosts birds and insects, and stores carbon in timber that outlives its planter.
Growing from Seed
Triangle Palm grows readily from seed. Use a fine, free-draining seed compost, scatter the seed evenly, cover it lightly and hold it just moist in good light. When the young plants are big enough to handle, space them into pots or a nursery row and let them size up before their final move.
Our Take
Among the Dypsis group, it is one of the more distinctive species in cultivation. Triangle Palm settles in quickly once it finds its footing. Careful watering early on is rewarded by toughness at maturity.
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