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<center>'''Pronunciation''': mah-ruh-JEJ-yuh  DARE-ee-ann-(ee)-eye
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'''Common Name''': Big Leaf Palm; Darian Palm
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'''''Marojejya darianii''''' is a palm named after one of the best known palm growers in California- Mardy Darian.  It is one of the most beautiful and awe inspiring palms there are… but a rather poor choice for growing outdoors in California except in the rarest of perfect microclimates.  In the tropics this is a massive palm with huge, bifid leaves nearly 18' long and upright, making the palm look like some prehistoric shuttlecock.  The fact this palm is even available at all is enough to make one want to move to Hawaii to grow palms.  But unless you live in a climate as perfect as the person does who discovered this palm, it might not be the palm for you in California.

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*'''Habit''': solitary with a massive crown of 12-15 entire leaves
*'''Height''': 4' (trunk height estimate, under perfect conditions); overall height maybe 10'
*'''Trunk''': single; 1'; clean below, but upper trunk often has retained leaf bases
*'''Crownshaft''': none
*'''Spread''': 10'
*'''Leaf Description''': bifid, though splits along fused petioles with age and wind; 8'-10 long (in tropics 12-15' long); 3'-4' wide; upright orientation to 45 degrees from horizontal (as an adult); young palms have curled, entire, ribbed leaves of deep green
*'''Petiole/Leaf bases''': basically no petiole- leaves start at trunk; leaf bases large and un-split; are retained on trunk and often stay green for a year or more
*'''Reproduction''': monoecious
*'''Inflorescence''': completely separate male and female inflorescences, arising from the same location near bottom of leaf bases of lowest leaves; 8"; red to gold; branched
*'''Fruit''':
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*'''Minimum Temp''': 32F
*'''Drought Tolerance''':  very poor
*'''Dry Heat Tolerance''': poor
*'''Wind Tolerance''': poor
*'''Salt Tolerance''': unknown
*'''Growth Rate''': very slow to slow with age
*'''Soil Preference''': moist, well draining and acidic
*'''Light Requirement''': shade to filtered light as young plant, eventually to part day sun
*'''Human Hazards''': none
*'''Disease or Horticultural Problems''': just difficult to keep alive in a temperate climate
*'''Transplants?''': unknown
*'''Indoor?''': needs too much humidity
*'''Availability''': rare but available from palm specialty nurseries
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File:Marojejya D.JPG|one of the few nice looking young plants in California, San Diego county, in the garden of Mardy Darian, who the palm was named after
File:Marjojeya swann.JPG|Hawaii
File:Marjojeya zoo.jpg|Hilo Zoo, Hawaii
File:Marjojeyas mass planting.jpg|Lundkvist estate, Hawaii
File:Marojejyas BA.jpg|Hawaii
File:Marojejyas in a row L.jpg|Lundkvist estate, Hawaii
File:Marojejya tall L.jpg|Lundkvist estate, Hawaii
File:Marojejya large DO in forest.jpg|Hawaii
File:Marjojeyas.jpg|
File:Marjojeya darianii and insignis (right) planted same time.jpg|on left, with smaller Marojejya insignias on the right, Hawaii, Lundkvist estate
File:Marojejya from below JM.jpg|Floribunda Palms, Hawaii
File:Marjojeya leaf bases zoo.jpg|leaf bases, Hawaii
File:Marojejya leaf bases DO.jpg|leaf bases of younger palm, Hawaii
File:Marojejya leaf base and hand P.jpg|hand for scale
File:Marojejya newer flower.jpg|new flower, Hawaii
File:Marojejya flower and fruit BA.jpg|flower and fruit, Hawaii
File:Marojejya fruiting BA.jpg|fruiting in Hawaii
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[[Category: Marojejya]]