COMMON NAME:

GOLDEN CANE PALM, BUTTERFLY PALM & ARECA PALM

SCIENTIFIC NAME:

CHRYSALIDOCARPUS LUTESCENS

ORIGIN:

MADAGASCAR

DROUGHT TOLERANCE:

LOW

GROWTH RATE:

MODERATE

TYPICAL HEIGHT:

9m

SOIL REQUIREMENTS:

WIDELY ADAPTABLE

LIGHT REQUIREMENTS:

MODERATE TO HIGH

DESCRIPTION:

THE GOLDEN CANE PALM, MOST COMMON SPECIES GROWN IN AUSTRALIA. THIS SPECIES IS A CLUMPING PALM, WELL KNOWN FOR ITS SLENDER GOLDEN YELLOW STEMS.

A GREAT INDOOR PALM WHICH PREFERS A WELL LIT AND WARM AIRY POSTITION, KEEP MOIST BUT NOT COMPLETLY WET.

A LOVELY CLUSTERING SPECIMEN WITH YELLOW STEMS AND GREEN FRONDS.

FERTILISE REGULARLY DURING THE WARMER MONTHS.

FOR OUTDOOR USE IT CAN TOLERATE FULL SUN TO PART SHADE AREAS AND REQUIRES GOOD DRAINAGE. THIS PALM DOES NOT LIKE THE COLD TEMPERATURE AND IS MORE SUITED FOR TROPICAL REGIONS.

THIS IS BY FAR THE MOST POPULAR INDOOR PALM SOLD AROUND THE WORLD.

THE TRUNK CAN NORMALLY CONSIST OF MULTIPLE SLIM RINGED TRUNKS.