Dypsis pembana goes bananas

[Walter John]

Check this out, one of my D.pembanas formed another growing point and the leaves opened at both points, spectacular action at the mana.

Point B

Point A (pushed by another spear, see o'er yonder pembana is also opening a leaf. Pembanas are great growers for me.

[Walter John]

I have this entire area patrolled by brown shirted chooks so no need to worry about somebody coming along and stealing my pembanas, no siree.

Also seen here patrolling the red triangle, foxtails, Livistona decora and baby Archo with Royal . I trained these chooks myself so invader beware.

[Palmə häl′ik]

those palms are livin' 'pest free' with them birds around!

my buddies swears by 'em to keep fleas and ticks at bay...

hens only though. roosters make too much noise...

~Ray.

[CardiffPalmNut]

Wal - Great Palms, and with those "girls" on patrol, no worries about invaders, free fertilizer and eggs!

[paulgila]

wal are those normanbyas in 3rd pic of post 2? great stuff,amigo!

[realarch]

Wal, give it another couple of years and this is what you can expect.

[Walter John]

wal are those normanbyas in 3rd pic of post 2? great stuff,amigo!

Thanks mate and thanks other posters, those palms you refer to are in fact big brother Wodyeti bifurcata, the foxtail palm of Cape Melville. Those Dypsis lutescen clumps were there when I moved in 21 months ago.

The ratpack and other palm society dudes are gathering today so be on the lookout for some more palmified pics from down yunder.