Cabada Palm

Attracted to it’s verdant green and clumping form, I bought multiple very young plants from a vivero (plant nursery) here in southern Q...Read Moreuintana Roo not far from the Belize border. The nursery was unable to provide identification.
After posting photos in the International Palm Society Facebook Group, the Palm has been identified by multiple experts as Dypsis cabadae.
My garden is on a rather remote Caribbean coast. The closest pueblo is the cruise ship port of Mahahual.
I have been growing these palms in pots under highly filtered shade for five years and they are now several feet high and quite gorgeous.
I recently decided to transplant two into much more prominent and larger stone pots displayed on large plinths flanking a garden entrance. They are protected from the strong, on shore winds by the Villa and are planted mostly in more lightly filtered shade of tall trees. I will continue to water almost daily (unless it rains) and fertilize regularly. I will update if something unexpected happens.

I agree, the Cabada Palm is much nicer than the more common Areca Palm. I have 2 of them growing well in Zone 10B about 700 feet from the...Read More ocean. By Gregg L. Friedman MD

Originally found in a private garden in Cuba, over 200 years ago, this palm is now known to be from the Comoro Islands. It is very simila...Read Morer to the dypsis lutescens except for a few differences: the lutescens is shorter(ten feet shorter) and more densely clustering(more cold tolerant as well), and the cabadae stays green, in almost all parts, for nearly it's whole life(when the lutescens is grown in shade, it is nearly impossible to discern between the two, as direct sun causes the orangish-yellow color it is known for). Once you plant a cabadae, it will make you want to remove every single lutescens in your yard!

I bought the Dypsis cabada on sale, 3 gal $5, from Zill High Performance nursery. We moved it up and it grew fast with a small shoot at ...Read Morethe base. Just planted 2 next to each other in full sun here in Stuart, Florida. Classy palm that appears to be fast growing.