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Dypsis ambositrae

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Jeff Searle Grand Master

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I can hear it crying "plant me, plant me"!

I agree! Just today, I went to the nursery because I had some extra time and wanted to plant a few palms....so I went shopping. Of course, everything was free. :D

I found a few of these still growing in 1 gallon size pots from one of my previous trips to Madagascar. The chances are slim to none that they will grow and survive here in the ground. But of lately, I sense with some other hard to grow Dypsis ( for our area ) that I have been planting on a mound and in mostly full sun, I'm getting some good vibes and seeing spear leaves pushing right up. Maybe with this species too. I just really hope that this little guy,( D. ambositrae) will bring me many years of happiness.

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and The Rainforest Collection.

Southwest Ranches,Fl.

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Thanks Aleksandar, Ed

Hi Rich,

Hi Jeff, Lest ye forget, here in Oak Hill, we had two winters in a row, one two nights 3 hours at 26, and the next winter, three nights at 25, five or six hours each night, that was the coldest winter, for this area, in recorded history, think I'll wait until it gets a little bigger, from a more realistic perspective, I'll let Eric the botanist at Leu Gardens worry about it when he comes to get it, I wont extrapolate, thanks for the encouragement though, Ed

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Ed,

It's not the severe cold that I worry about. It's the long summers of extreame hot weather with high humidity,and many days of rain that does them in I'm afraid. Soil and minerals is still another issue. Different elevations between here and the high plateau does not help probably either. Should I continue? :)

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Searle Brothers Nursery Inc.

and The Rainforest Collection.

Southwest Ranches,Fl.

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Ed,

It's not the severe cold that I worry about. It's the long summers of extreame hot weather with high humidity,and many days of rain that does them in I'm afraid. Soil and minerals is still another issue. Different elevations between here and the high plateau does not help probably either. Should I continue? :)

Jeff

Hi Jeff, No, I knew the heat, rain, and humidity was an additional problem, like no where else near by, over half the time the rain clouds go right around Oak Hill, because of it's slight elevation, I was going to worry about that, once It got big enough, and established to handle the extreme cold, at least you guys don't have to worry about that, Thanks for pointing that out though, for all the guys out there that aren't aware, it is an important consideration, Ed

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I can hear it crying "plant me, plant me"!

I agree! Just today, I went to the nursery because I had some extra time and wanted to plant a few palms....so I went shopping. Of course, everything was free. :D

I found a few of these still growing in 1 gallon size pots from one of my previous trips to Madagascar. The chances are slim to none that they will grow and survive here in the ground. But of lately, I sense with some other hard to grow Dypsis ( for our area ) that I have been planting on a mound and in mostly full sun, I'm getting some good vibes and seeing spear leaves pushing right up. Maybe with this species too. I just really hope that this little guy,( D. ambositrae) will bring me many years of happiness.

So... can I interpret this as the recent planting over on your "cactus hill mound" is netting some good results? If so, who'd thunk? :winkie:

Zone 10a at best after 2007 AND 2013, on SW facing hill, 1 1/2 miles from coast in Oceanside, CA. 30-98 degrees, and 45-80deg. about 95% of the time.

"The great workman of nature is time."   ,  "Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience."

-George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon-

I do some experiments and learning in my garden with palms so you don't have to experience the pain! Look at my old threads to find various observations and tips!

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I can hear it crying "plant me, plant me"!

I agree! Just today, I went to the nursery because I had some extra time and wanted to plant a few palms....so I went shopping. Of course, everything was free. :D

I found a few of these still growing in 1 gallon size pots from one of my previous trips to Madagascar. The chances are slim to none that they will grow and survive here in the ground. But of lately, I sense with some other hard to grow Dypsis ( for our area ) that I have been planting on a mound and in mostly full sun, I'm getting some good vibes and seeing spear leaves pushing right up. Maybe with this species too. I just really hope that this little guy,( D. ambositrae) will bring me many years of happiness.

So... can I interpret this as the recent planting over on your "cactus hill mound" is netting some good results? If so, who'd thunk? :winkie:

Hi Bill, no, can't plant it, until we're sure global warming has taken place, and once it stays above, let's say 28 degrees, then you still have to probably put it in a planter about 32 inches high or so, fill it 50% perlite 59% Coco peat core, NO soil, put said planter half under the east side of an oak tree, far enough under so it doesn't get any full sun, much past noon, then be ready to spray it with Neem oil, every time it rains, for the rest of eternity, thanks, Ed

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they are SO beautiful!

I've got about 30 of them, and people love them, like James Brown, Adele, and all the rest . . .

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Uhhhh Sorry Ed. I was replying/posting that comment for Jeff Searle. Thats why I quoted him. :)

Zone 10a at best after 2007 AND 2013, on SW facing hill, 1 1/2 miles from coast in Oceanside, CA. 30-98 degrees, and 45-80deg. about 95% of the time.

"The great workman of nature is time."   ,  "Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience."

-George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon-

I do some experiments and learning in my garden with palms so you don't have to experience the pain! Look at my old threads to find various observations and tips!

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