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Dypsis onilahensis

Walter John

By Walter John
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Walter John Grand Master

Walter John

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Here's the ups and downs of my Dypsis onilahensis. Slightly injured spear and emerging spathe.

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Happy Gardening

Cheers,

Wal

Queensland, Australia.

quaman58 Grand Master

quaman58

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Wal,

Do you find these guys "dividing" into 2 to 3 stalks normally? Or do they exceed that number with time?

Bret

Bret

 

Coastal canyon area of San Diego

 

"In the shadow of the Cross"

MattyB Grand Master

MattyB

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That sue is a nice lookin' palm Wal.

Matt Bradford

"Manambe Lavaka"

Spring Valley, CA (8.5 miles inland from San Diego Bay)

10B on the hill (635 ft. elevation)

9B in the canyon (520 ft. elevation)

Jeff Searle Grand Master

Jeff Searle

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Wal,

   Your palm looks extreamly healthy still. I think if it was my palm, I would clip off the leaf where it is broken.BTW, how did this happen?

Jeff

Searle Brothers Nursery Inc.

and The Rainforest Collection.

Southwest Ranches,Fl.

Walter John Grand Master

Walter John

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(Jeff Searle @ Jan. 20 2007,10:41)

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Wal,

   Your palm looks extreamly healthy still. I think if it was my palm, I would clip off the leaf where it is broken.BTW, how did this happen?

Jeff

Hi Jeff

Yeh I was thinking the same thing, sever at the break point. You can see in the photo where it appears chewed. Not sure but my usual suspects include possums and birds of all sorts. Although my grandkids were here a few weeks ago and they could have caused the damage but unlikely as they respect plants in general especially palms as they also have a batch of palms at their place.

Happy Gardening

Cheers,

Wal

Queensland, Australia.

Walter John Grand Master

Walter John

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(quaman58 @ Jan. 20 2007,08:34)

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Wal,

Do you find these guys "dividing" into 2 to 3 stalks normally? Or do they exceed that number with time?

Bret

Hi Bret

This plant was in fact a 4 stemmed palm. Two of the stems went off about 3 years ago, some disease which thankfully didn't spread to the two you see.

Happy Gardening

Cheers,

Wal

Queensland, Australia.

elHoagie Mentor

elHoagie

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Wal - it looks like your palm is about to have some kids.  Has it flowered before?Also, what's the palm in the background with the green/chalky white trunk and swollen base.  Some kind of Dypsis?

Jack Sayers

East Los Angeles

growing cold tolerant palms halfway between the equator and the arctic circle...

Walter John Grand Master

Walter John

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(elHoagie @ Jan. 20 2007,12:56)

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Wal - it looks like your palm is about to have some kids.  Has it flowered before?Also, what's the palm in the background with the green/chalky white trunk and swollen base.  Some kind of Dypsis?

Hello Jack,

Dypsis it is. Dypsis madagascariensis var lucubensis. Grows well there. I have two, and both do well. Looked scrappy when younger, but grows into a good looking plumose style pinnate palm. Has been dubbed by some people as "green cane" palm.

It's a hot 86f today by the way, no rain in sight.

Happy Gardening

Cheers,

Wal

Queensland, Australia.

Howeadypsis Mentor

Howeadypsis

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That emerging spathe in the last pic, is that an inflorescence?

Larry Shone in wet and sunny north-east England!  Zone9 ish

Tie two fish together and though they have two tails they cannot swim <>< ><>

Walter John Grand Master

Walter John

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(Howeadypsis @ Jan. 21 2007,00:30)

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That emerging spathe in the last pic, is that an inflorescence?

soon to be.

Happy Gardening

Cheers,

Wal

Queensland, Australia.

Patrick Veteran

Patrick

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That's a really nice Dypsis, Wal! Mine's just a wee tyke. Can you say how old yours is???

Oakley, California

55 Miles E-NE of San Francisco, CA

Solid zone 9, I can expect at least one night in the mid to low twenties every year.

Hot, dry summers. Cold, wet winters.

JEFF IN MODESTO Mentor

JEFF IN MODESTO

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Pretty tough little palm.... Here is a before freeze and after freeze pic of my Dypsis onhilensis... The " official Modesto low was 23f... And I did not provide any overhead protection.... It got a little burn't but nothing compared to the Kings only a few feet away.

Jeff

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After Freeze

Modesto, CA USDA 9b

July/August average 95f/63f

Dec/Jan average 55f/39f

Average lowest winter temp 27f

Record low temp 18f

Record high temp 113f

Walter John Grand Master

Walter John

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meanwhile, the very next day at Wal's onilahensis, we see the old leaf has dropped off and voila !

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Happy Gardening

Cheers,

Wal

Queensland, Australia.

Exotic Life Grand Master

Exotic Life

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Hi Wal,

I like that one .... very droopy! How low tempeture he can get ? And with tempeture's does he need to grow well ... Maybe i can hold him here as a container plant ?

Robbin

Southwest

Walter John Grand Master

Walter John

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Hi Robbin

He can take fairly low temps I think. I wouldn't know because it doesn't get that cold here. Like most palms, plenty of warmth and water although this has been slow for me but I don't mind that.

Happy Gardening

Cheers,

Wal

Queensland, Australia.

Neofolis Veteran

Neofolis

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Give it a go Robbin.  I have a bunch of seedlings here, which I will eventually try one or two outside.  I have heard of them surviving -6°C/21°F, although maybe not in our sort of climate, but outside with occasional protection may be possible.

Nice plant Wal, do you know roughly how old it is?  I'm just wondering when I should expect to see signs of crownshaft and trunk on my little ones.  The seedlings seem fairly fast growing.

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Corey Lucas-Divers

Dorset, UK

Ave Jul High 72F/22C (91F/33C Max)

Ave Jul Low 52F/11C (45F/7C Min)

Ave Jan High 46F/8C (59F/15C Max)

Ave Jan Low 34F/1C (21F/-6C Min)

Ave Rain 736mm pa

Walter John Grand Master

Walter John

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Hi Corey

Unsure of the age. I planted it quite some time ago (4 years ). It had 4 stems at  planting, untrunked, lost two stems to  ??? which set the whole plant back I think. It has been one of my slowest Dypsis because of this but I believe they aren't as fast as say cabadae and lutescens etc.

I'd like to hear what other growers of this palm think about it's speed compared to other Dypsis.

Happy Gardening

Cheers,

Wal

Queensland, Australia.

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