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Dypsis pinnatifrons - Madagascan Palm in Palm Canyon, Balboa Park


Dypsis pinnatifrons  - Madagascan Palm in Palm Canyon, Balboa Park (Dypsis pinnatifrons  - Madagascan Palm)

This difficult to photograph palm is beautiful and becoming more available in s. California. This palm is growing in Palm Canyon, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA. Photo taken Dec. 1, 2010.



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Lovely palm, Delonix. I enjoy your pics from Palm Canyon. :-))

18 Dec, 2010

 

David:

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the Palm Canyon pics! :>)
Palm Canyon is being expanded...there should be hundreds of new palms and species put in over the next year or so.

19 Dec, 2010

 

That's a different Dypsis!

19 Dec, 2010

 

Tugbrethil:

It was reclassified about 10 years ago or so from the genus: Phloga to Dypsis.

19 Dec, 2010

 

Since it's from Madagascar, I'll have to ask a local palm supplier if it will grow here. Probably in part shade, though!

20 Dec, 2010

 

Tugbrethil:

Most likely it would be a tough grow there in Phoenix. It need a lot of shade here to grow well. Also, it prefers lots of humidity.

20 Dec, 2010

 

Drat! Probably a coastal species, then. The same is true of the green-leaved, coastal form of Bismarkia nobilis. Oh, well!

21 Dec, 2010

 

Tugbrethil:

It's a rain forest palm.

Yes, Bismarckia nobilis (green form) is grown here along the coast...where it's cooler. I've posted several pic in the past on GoY. The silvery, blue, white form is much more common and extremely popular.

21 Dec, 2010



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