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Hardiness: USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F) USDA Zone 10a: to -1.1 °C (30 °F) USDA Zone 10b: to 1.7 °C (35 °F) USDA Zone 11: above 4.5 °C (40 °F)
Sun Exposure: Full Sun Sun to Partial Shade Light Shade Partial to Full Shade Full Shade
Danger: N/A
Bloom Color: Cream/Tan
Bloom Time: Mid Summer
Foliage: Grown for foliage
Other details: This plant is suitable for growing indoors Average Water Needs; Water regularly; do not overwater Requires consistently moist soil; do not let dry out between waterings
Soil pH requirements: 5.6 to 6.0 (acidic) 6.1 to 6.5 (mildly acidic) 6.6 to 7.5 (neutral) 7.6 to 7.8 (mildly alkaline)
A very nice, clumping palm and not widely grown here. I have to do research and bring things over from California. Seems to grow pretty fast and likes Phoenix heat. However, I have it partly shaded beneath cuban royals on a north wall. I don't believe it would remotely take full sun here and needs filtered light.
Well drained soil and lots of water keep it happy in the desert. I fertilize monthly (in small doses) during the warm months. In the coldest nights, some protection is given but fortunately this isn't often here in Phoenix.
On Jan 16, 2004, AlvinRendell from Melbourne Australia wrote:
We live in Melbourne, Australia - a cool temperate zone with very hot dry days in summer. The temperature can get to 106 degrees F and the Dypsis Baronii survives these scorching days with total impunity. However, it does not survive wind very well. The leaves get ripped to pieces and so a location sheltered from the worst winds is essential. Our specimen fruits readily in mid-summer.
On Jul 29, 2003, palmbob from Tarzana, CA (Zone 9b) wrote:
Yet another Dypsis that does extremely well in Southern California- this one is particularly adaptable, doing well in shade, sun, and for some, even indoors, supposedly. Ideally, the more sun the better it turns out, and it tolerates full sun at a very early age (1-2 leaf size).
It is a very attractive palm, having a lot of color and powdery texture on the crownshaft and tropically ringed trunk(s). Though it can be fairly drought tolerant, it does a lot better if given plenty of water. It can handle pretty hot sun, but not over 100F with low humidity. There are second, and soon be third generation plants in So Cal. It seeds freely and the seeds are particularly easy to germinate for a palm.
Dypsis palms are sometimes known for branching- an unusual characteristic for a palm. It's not considered normal, and may be due to some injury response mechanism... but it makes for an interesting palm. Commonly seen in Dypsis lutescens as well. See photo on this page.
Latest freeze in southern California (Jan 07) showed that this is NOT as hardy a plant as we first thought. Temps 27F for 5 hours killed one 6 year old seedling and severely damaged an 8 year old plant that even had some overhead protection. THis plant is a 'marginal' plant in zone 9b.
Regional...
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
Phoenix, Arizona Encino, California Huntington Beach, California Mission Viejo, California Oceanside, California Reseda, California Santa Barbara, California (3 reports) Ventura, California
