Plant Profile

Chrysalidocarpus lutescens (Yellow Butterfly Palm, Bamboo Palm)

This elegant, clump-growing palm reaches 8-12 m in height with a spread of 2-3 m. The gently arching,  ringed, bamboo-like, green, multiple trunks silver-green trunk are topped with curved, feathery, yellow-green fronds. There are usually around six to eight yellow-green leaves on long petioles curve upwards creating a butterfly look. This stunning soft palm is quite valued throughout the tropics and is widely planted in frost free areas. The small, white, inconspicuous flowers are produced all year long and the small black fruits ripen all year. Yellow Butterfly Palm makes an attractive specimen, screening, or poolside planting. They require regular fertilizer applications to maintain a good appearance

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  • Forest & Kim Starr [CC-BY-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
  • I, KENPEI [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) or CC-BY-SA-2.5-2.0-1.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5-2.0-1.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
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  • Forest & Kim Starr [CC-BY-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
  • I, KENPEI [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) or CC-BY-SA-2.5-2.0-1.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5-2.0-1.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
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  • Forest & Kim Starr [CC-BY-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
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  • Forest & Kim Starr [CC-BY-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
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