When one sees mature trees of C. decipiens , one wonders why so few people grow them. There is another feature of the palm that should particularly excite palm growers in the cooler tropics and subtropics and of which growers in southern California are already aware. Chrysalidocarpus decipiens is a palm of the high plateau of Madagascar, an area that is relatively cool and, at times, quite dry. This excerpt is approximately half of the article that originally appeared in the July 1994 issue of Principes . Several photos in black and white accompany the article.
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