Dypsis remotiflora

*Dypsis remotiflora* is a small palm from southeastern Madagascar. Kew accepts the species name and describes the plant as a shrub; the botanical account records a stem up to about 1 m tall and short leaves with only a few pairs of broad leaflets. Its unusual inflorescence has very slender branches with a small number of widely spaced flowers. [Plants of the World Online](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:985419-1) · [Species description and field notes](https://palmpedia.net/wiki/Dypsis_remotiflora) ## Form and setting This is an understory-scale palm rather than a canopy tree. Its compact stem and sparse, broad leaflets make it best suited to a warm, humid collection or sheltered tropical planting where its fine structure can be seen. Published habitat accounts place it in Madagascar’s lowland forest, while Kew classifies its native biome as seasonally dry tropical; the exact moisture conditions across its small known range should not be reduced to a single garden rule. ## Cultivation Reliable cultivation guidance is limited. Use a protected, warm position and a free-draining medium, and adjust watering to the growing season rather than keeping the root zone saturated. The reviewed sources do not establish a USDA hardiness range or mature overall garden height, so avoid relying on a specific cold threshold or assuming the recorded stem height equals the full spread of the crown. ## Maintenance Keep the plant out of frost and strong drying wind, and remove only dead leaves. Monitor moisture and drainage closely while establishing it; do not leave the roots waterlogged.