PlantFiles: Onilahy Palm
Dypsis onilahensis

This is the slowest palm seedling I have. I have a small drooping form which is barely growing. I can't imagine it will be trunking someday.

Another gorgeous 'future' palm for Southern California, this species is one of the easier to grow here, though still quite rare. There are two distinct forms of this palm, one with upright, recurved leaves, and one with drooping leaves. This is a suckering species with green ringed trunk covered with a powdery blue-white film easily rubbed off. Second generation palms exist in So Cal. This palm has a good deal of cold hardiness, taking cold down to the mid 20s Farenheit. It also has some drought hardiness and wind tolerance- perfect for So Cal... except that it is, like nearly all rare palms, a slow grower.

there is some debate as to whether or not this is really a separate species from D baronii... some say these forms are just variations seen over broad geographic areas of Madagascsar, of D baronii... but until that is worked out, I will continue to refer to this one separately.