| Golden Cane Palm |
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| File size | 785547 |
| Original date | 5/7/07 5:59 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 5.8mm |
| Exposure time | 1/100s |
| Aperture | 2.8 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSC-S650 |
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Botanical name: Dypsis lutescens Family: Arecaceae (Palm family)
Golden Cane Palm is clump-growing with ringed, bamboo-like stems and yellow
leaf-ribs. The foliage is evergreen, of fine texture and yellow-green in
color. Pinnate, 6 to 8 pale green leaves per stem, 80 to 100 leaflets, to 8
feet long (2.4 m). Yellow if grown with enough light, 2 feet long.
Yellow male and female flowers on the same inflorescence. Flower stalk coming
from below the leaves. Fruit is yellow to purple, 2 cm, oval in shape.
This is one of the most useful Palms of the
tropics the world around. Native to Madagascar, Golden Cane Palm is
tropical-looking, serves as a super, bamboo-like screening plant and is
relatively pest-free.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed at Masihgarh Church, New Delhi |
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