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Yazdy Palia

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Jul 12, 2010, 12:44:52 PM7/12/10

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Hello friends,
what is the decorative palm in front of my place.
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Yazdy.

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tanay bose

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Jul 12, 2010, 1:21:42 PM7/12/10

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Your place looks better than the decorative palm
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Anand Kumar Bhatt

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Jul 12, 2010, 3:04:12 PM7/12/10

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areca palm?

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Tabish

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Jul 12, 2010, 3:19:07 PM7/12/10

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Yes, these look like Golden Cane Palm, Areca Palm, or Butterfly Palm
Dypsis lutescens
http://www.junglemusic.net/gallery2/dispimage.asp?id=1400
Ringed stem is diagnostic.
- Tabish

On Jul 13, 12:04 am, Anand Kumar Bhatt <anandkbh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> areca palm?
> ak
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> On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 10:51 PM, tanay bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Your place looks better than the decorative palm
> > Tanay
>

Dr. Pankaj Kumar

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Jul 12, 2010, 5:59:04 PM7/12/10

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Tabish sir, I thought this plant to be some species of
Chrysalidocarpus.... very common in garden, sometimes even planted
indoors, but surely a huge plant, it should be very old, may be above
50-60 years old.......
Pankaj

Dr. Pankaj Kumar

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Jul 12, 2010, 6:03:14 PM7/12/10

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I am extremely sorry. You are right and partially me too. This is:

Dypsis lutescens (H.Wendl.) Beentje & J.Dransf., Palms Madagascar: 212
(1995).
Syn: Chrysalidocarpus lutescens H.Wendl., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 36:
171 (1878).
Endemic to Madagascar....

I think I should go to Madagascar some day before I die!!!

Pankaj

Yazdy Palia

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Jul 13, 2010, 12:39:33 AM7/13/10

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Dear Pankaj Ji,
You are spot on. The house was built in 1945. The palms must have been
planted around the same time. As a kid I remember them to be at least
10' tall.
Regards
Yazdy.

Yazdy Palia

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Jul 13, 2010, 12:43:18 AM7/13/10

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Dear Mr. Bhat,
It is not areca, though in the background you do see a very tall areca
palm. The areca palm in the background will be less than half the age
of these decorative palms. However, the nuts from this palm is also
collected when the market value for areca nut is steep. These nuts are
also sold as brocken areca nuts by local people.
Regards
Yazdy.

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