Dypsis leptocheilos x decaryi

[Davidl]

[paulgila]

very cool,davidl.

[Davidl]

This was my palm when I planted it in 2005. In my first pic the wind was blowing from hurricane Ike that was still close by.Also the fronds were tore up pretty good from fay.

Edited September 11, 2008 by Davidl

[_Keith]

Too cool. I want one.

[Tyrone]

What an awesome palm.

Best regards

Tyrone

[Jeff in St Pete]

Wow that palm grows fast! Very cool.

[Creekside]

I picked this one up from Jeff Searle at the last SFPS sale at Montgomery. That white trunk is so pretty, I look forward to mine looking like that!

[Jeff Wilson]

These 2 Dypsis leptocheilos x Dypsis decaryi F1 hybrids came from DavidL in 2005. It's amazing how fast these have grown. They were only very stout 1.5' (0.5m) palms in 3 gallon containers when David gave me 2 to try out here. Both are beginning to show the white accented trunk that appears to be a prevailing trait of the cross. The 3rd palm in back of the 2 hybrids is a pure Dypsis leptocheilos.

[Jeff Wilson]

[BS Man about Palms]

Jeff. When you say the "pure" teddy is in back, I take it you mean the smallest one is the pure one? The others sure look like crosses.

[Jeff Wilson]

Jeff. When you say the "pure" teddy is in back, I take it you mean the smallest one is the pure one? The others sure look like crosses.

Yes, the pure Teddy Bear palm is the smallest, shortest, skinniest of the 3 palms together. The other 2 are indeed hybrid crosses. When I first planted these, I did so believing all were pure Teddy Bear palms. The pure Teddy (Dypsis leptocheilos - now the smallest) was the biggest of the 3 when it was planted, but the hybrids grew and grew and shaded the pure Teddy out entirely.

[LJG]

These hybrids grow so fast it is amazing. I have had one in the ground for two years now and I have noticed it is one of the few plants that will grow through the winter here in SoCal. I am guessing mine will have trunk by the end of next summer. Sweet.