Indoors
Areca palm
Dypsis lutescens
- Cat: not toxic
- Dog: not toxic
- Light: bright, no harsh sun
About the plant
The areca palm comes from Madagascar and grows in clumps of thin, yellowish stems with arching fronds. It is one of the most popular indoor palms; brown leaf tips usually mean dry air or hard water.
Areca palm and pets
- Cat
- not toxic
- Dog
- not toxic
Care
- Watering
- about every 5 days in summer (April to September), every 9 in winter
- Light
- bright, no harsh sun
- Air humidity
- high
- Temperature
- 16–28 °C
- Feeding
- April to September, every 4 weeks
- Repotting
- every 2 years, in spring
- Grown
- in a pot
Brown leaf tips usually mean dry air or hard water. Use water that has stood a while.
This is a rough guide for a flat in Poland. In flowers every plant also has its own watering interval, which learns from how the soil was.