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'''''Dypsis pusilla''''' has recently become a more popular California palm choice due primarily to its more recent availability.  It is one of the 'hairy' Dypsis, but a more compact plant than the other three (''Dypsis crinita, Dypsis fibrosa and Dypsis utilis'').  So far it does not appear that this one is a normally branching palm but branching ones have been seen in nature.  Like its relatives, it does tend to have nicely colored new leaves (red or orange).   
 
'''''Dypsis pusilla''''' has recently become a more popular California palm choice due primarily to its more recent availability.  It is one of the 'hairy' Dypsis, but a more compact plant than the other three (''Dypsis crinita, Dypsis fibrosa and Dypsis utilis'').  So far it does not appear that this one is a normally branching palm but branching ones have been seen in nature.  Like its relatives, it does tend to have nicely colored new leaves (red or orange).   
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File:Dypsis pusilla Balboa.JPG|Balboa Park, San Diego, California
 
File:Dypsis pusilla Balboa.JPG|Balboa Park, San Diego, California

Revision as of 19:18, 1 August 2015

Pronunciation: DIP-siss pew-SILL-uh


Common Name: none

Dypsis pusilla has recently become a more popular California palm choice due primarily to its more recent availability. It is one of the 'hairy' Dypsis, but a more compact plant than the other three (Dypsis crinita, Dypsis fibrosa and Dypsis utilis). So far it does not appear that this one is a normally branching palm but branching ones have been seen in nature. Like its relatives, it does tend to have nicely colored new leaves (red or orange).

Appearance and Biology
  • Habit: solitary though sometimes clustering with a crown of 6-10 feather leaves
  • Height: 8' estimate
  • Trunk: single usually, though rarely multiple; rarely branching (so far not in California); covered with pendent wavy fibers and often retained leaf bases; about 2"-3" thick without the fiber
  • Crownshaft: none
  • Spread: 6'-7'
  • Leaf Description: pinnate; flat; slightly arching; new leaf yellow-orange to reddish; 3'-4' long; bright to medium green
  • Petiole/Leaf bases: 6"; flattish; unarmed; pale green; un-split; unarmed; often retained on trunk
  • Reproduction: monoecious
  • Inflorescence: within leaves; 3'-4' long, upright; sparsely branched; thin
  • Fruit: ovoid; 1/2" long; purple to black
Horticultural Characteristics
  • Minimum Temp: 30F
  • Drought Tolerance: low
  • Dry Heat Tolerance: unknown
  • Cool Tolerance: moderate
  • Wind Tolerance: unknown
  • Salt Tolerance: unknown
  • Growth Rate: slow
  • Soil Preference: adaptable
  • Light Requirement: partial sun
  • Human Hazards: none
  • Disease or Horticultural Problems: none known yet
  • Transplants?: unknown
  • Indoor?: unknown
  • Availability: rare


  • Balboa Park, San Diego, California

  • Huntington Beach, California

  • Floribunda Palms, Hawaii

  • new leaf in California

  • new leaf, San Diego

  • trunk on Balboa Park palm

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