What is a cane palm?
and cane palm is a clustering palm. The stems grow from a diameter of 2 inches per 3 inches (about 5 cm to 8 cm) and one tree has up to 12 stems, but no main trunk. This palm is often called Palm Golden Cane with reference to a golden tint on the trunk and leaves. The scientific name is dypsis lutescens . Ordinary names associated with this palm tree are butterfly palm, Madagascar palm and Palm Archa. In its native area, the palm of food grows along the banks of the river and in wet areas of open forests. In Madagascar, it threatens the destruction of habitats of this species to its native extent. Palm of cane is widely grown in a tropical and subtropical landscape. In mild areas, it is grown as a house plant.
Palm cane grows from 15 feet to 35 feet (about 4.5 m to 10.5 m) high with the spread of the canopy by 10 feet to 20 feet (about 3 m to 6 m) wide. The leaves are long from 6 feet to 8 feet (about 2 m to 2.4 m) with curved, hopsurn appearance. Individual stems have rings where ripe leaves tend to tear away from the stem during the process of the growing process. The stems section moves in color from gold, yellow and orange to pale or dark green in response to solar exposures. New stems grow from the palm base and give it bushy and fully if it remains unattended. To detect attractive multicolored strains, the new growth is limited back to the ground.
As a landscape race, the palm can be planted as a screen for hiding a structure, defining a line of properties, or a closed place from the wind and the view. The low -rolling new growth of the gloomy operation creates a visual barrier from the base of the tree to the canopy. As a separate tree in the landscape, a unique clustering suitcase, gloomy leaves and slightly golden colors make it an attractive focal point. Suitable for tropical and subtropical climate, cane palm grows well in areas where the annual low temperature does not drop below 35 degrees Fahrenheit (about 2 ° C).
Palms cane make attractive and fromOlné plants. They grow slowly and add width faster than height as soon as more sticks develop. Leaf tips tend to color from green to copper. Clear green can be maintained with frequent fertilizer applications, although copper color in leaves is a natural characteristic of this plant, which many growers consider desirable.