Revisión bibliográfica. EL CULTIVO DE LA PALMA ARECA (Dypsis lutescens, H. Wendel)

Palm trees constitute one of the most interesting ornamental groups making up some families of about 3 000 species. They are real jewels from plant kingdom and also wanted for their exoticism to decorate gardens all over the world. Among them are those pertaining to Dypsis genus, which has more than 100 species, Dypsis lutescens being the most worldwide used for landscape gardening. In Cuba, both plant production and marketing have been constantly dynamic; however, trade demands can not be satisfied, due to the slow plant growth and short seed viability that makes them be all sown at once, to obtain results at the same time instead of gradually, so that they are within customers´ reach whenever they need them. Having in mind how significant palm tree marketing is, it is evidently necessary to study some alternatives to improve plant quality and production by means of using growth-promoting substances, as well as seed preservation methods and germination studies.