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Chrysalidocarpus lutescens
PalmsMood Meter: Needs a Little Love
Also called: Golden Cane Palm, Butterfly Palm
Scientific Name History
Current accepted name: Chrysalidocarpus lutescens
Previously or alternatively classified as: Dypsis lutescens
Clumping palm with multiple yellow-green canes and arching feather-like fronds.
Growth habit: clumping palm.
Plant Mood Meter: Needs a Little Love
It grows well indoors with strong filtered light but reacts to prolonged dryness, mineral buildup, and poor humidity with brown tips.
Care guide
Bright indirect light. Direct sun: Gentle morning or late-day sun can be tolerated after acclimation.
Water when the upper portion begins drying; avoid chronic saturation or repeated severe drought.
Airy, well-draining palm mix.
Moderate humidity helps reduce crispy tips.
Problems Planticist can help with UnderwateringOverwatering / poor aerationRoot rot / impaired rootsExcess light / sun scorchInsufficient light (etiolation)Normal lower-leaf senescenceLow-humidity stressPest damageFertilizer / mineral salt buildup
