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I need some help on this one please??? it looks like saintlucei but I don't think it is? Basilonga is the only other one to come to mind but I really have no idea?? Anyone who has any thoughts please let me know!!

You have a great collection. Love the Dypsis cabadae x leptocheilos.

I have never seen a true Basilonga split. Look under the leaflets, if it is glaucous like a Saintlucei, then maybe.

I'm with Len - not D. basilonga

Thanks for your thoughts guys, any idea what it might be? Certainly looks different to saintlucei to me??

Is there still one called laffa?

It doesn't look like the saintlucei dwarf, which I believe is the same palm as Dypsis laffa. It looks a lot to me like what I have as D. arenarum. Although, I think there's some debate as to what the true arenarum actually is, so who knows if what I have is even the real thing.

Posted

Great collection. Thanks for posting.

Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

Posted

Not bad Benny, how many different species of Dypsis in total?

Posted

I need some help on this one please??? it looks like saintlucei but I don't think it is? Basilonga is the only other one to come to mind but I really have no idea?? Anyone who has any thoughts please let me know!!

You have a great collection. Love the Dypsis cabadae x leptocheilos.

I have never seen a true Basilonga split. Look under the leaflets, if it is glaucous like a Saintlucei, then maybe.

I'm with Len - not D. basilonga

Thanks for your thoughts guys, any idea what it might be? Certainly looks different to saintlucei to me??

Is there still one called laffa?

It doesn't look like the saintlucei dwarf, which I believe is the same palm as Dypsis laffa. It looks a lot to me like what I have as D. arenarum. Although, I think there's some debate as to what the true arenarum actually is, so who knows if what I have is even the real thing.

Sorry, for sure not a Saintlucei (or Dwarf Saintlucei either) I was just saying if that plant has the bluish/silver undersides like a Saintlucei, then maybe it could be Basilonga. But I doubt it. So many types and varieties in these clumpers that its really is hard to nail down. Arenarum is another good possibility.

Len

Vista, CA (Zone 10a)

Shadowridge Area

"Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are."

-- Alfred Austin

Posted

By the way, I forgot to add in my last post, awesome collection! You're as much of a Dypsis addict as I am.

Posted

Post #14 looks just like Dypsis saintlucei, not D. basilonga in post #14 or #20.

Searle Brothers Nursery Inc.

and The Rainforest Collection.

Southwest Ranches,Fl.

Posted

Thanks for all your comments everyone!!

Re the mystery one, it has plain green undersides of leaves so not basilonga.... Didn't really think it was but couldn't think what else it could be. Arenarum is a possibility but I had ruled it out a while ago, don't know why but it just doesn't look quite like it to me.... Probably is?? I have some smaller arenarum so I will be able to compare in the near future.

Bencassa I counted roughly 35 sp. in ground and 15 in pots so it is about 50 different sp. thus far. I could easily increase with other more common ones but choose not to st this stage, a much bigger garden and I might consider the common ones?

Posted (edited)

Beautiful photos. What a great genus. I envy your climate but sure appreciate the hard work done there.

That unknown one looks much healthier than but morpholgically similar to what I have labeled as saintlucei. Mine survives our cold but hardly grows in deep shade. It's one of only a handful of species of the genus I've been able to coax along here for more than a winter or two.

Thanks for all the great pictures.

Edited by Sutter Bob
Posted

Oh yeah, that hovendentrina is now nauseosa

Are you kidding me?? This is about the 5th obviously different palm that I have known to be called nauseosa, the only other worst offender in this category is D. Tsaratanensis! Does anyone have a confirmed tsaratanensis.... Does it even exist??

Posted

Oh yeah, that hovendentrina is now nauseosa

Are you kidding me?? This is about the 5th obviously different palm that I have known to be called nauseosa, the only other worst offender in this category is D. Tsaratanensis! Does anyone have a confirmed tsaratanensis.... Does it even exist??

I've never heard of a real one being seen in habitat yet alone cultivation. Laughably different to other taxa carrying this name.

Posted

Kenny,

Can't ever have too many Dypsis in your garden, and you're doing a fantastic job! Great collection and great looking palms! :)

Bo-Göran

Leilani Estates, 25 mls/40 km south of Hilo, Big Island of Hawai'i. Elevation 880 ft/270 m. Average rainfall 140 inches/3550 mm

 

Posted

Hard to beat well grown Dypsis. Great job.

With a tin cup for a chalice

Fill it up with good red wine,

And I'm-a chewin' on a honeysuckle vine.

Posted

Kenny, this is such a varied genus and you have some great palms.

Good Luck and please keep us posted of their growth.

Peter

Peter

hot and humid, short rainy season May through October, 14* latitude, 90* longitude

Posted

I enjoyed your photos very much -- clearly you are having way too much fun with Dypsis! :laugh2: Keep up the good work! Your D. pilulifera looks amazing. :wub2:

I wonder if the first unidentified palm in post #21 could be D. procera? One of a few possibilities...

Kim Cyr

Between the beach and the bays, Point Loma, San Diego, California USA
and on a 300 year-old lava flow, Pahoa, Hawaii, 1/4 mile from the 2018 flow
All characters  in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

Posted

Loving the look of that dark mealy and D. manangerensis, Ben :drool:

Posted

I really enjoyed this post. The pictures were great and they really brought out the distinctive features of each of the species But seeing the beautiful hybrids was the 'icing on the cake'. Wow!

Lee

Lee

Located at 1500' elevation in Kona on the west side of the Big Island of Hawaii.

Average annual rainfall is about 60"; temperature around 80 degrees.

Posted

Kenny,

Can't ever have too many Dypsis in your garden, and you're doing a fantastic job! Great collection and great looking palms! :)

Bo-Göran

Said one Dypsis addict to another! Just kidding.....wish Mike and I had more.

Lee

Lee

Located at 1500' elevation in Kona on the west side of the Big Island of Hawaii.

Average annual rainfall is about 60"; temperature around 80 degrees.

Posted

Now I will move onto my larger growing clumping Dypsis. Dypsis Cabadae x Madagascariensis and Dypsis cabadae x leptocheilos..

That's an impressive Dypsis collection - grown to perfection. What a selection, are they all grouped in one section (of the garden)?

How did you come upon the Dypsis cabadae x leptocheilos? And of course, where can I get one!?

Steve, Your dog is bigger than most of our palms. Do you use him to pull dead palms out the ground? Seriously, he looks great and seems to also have a great personality. What species is he?

Lee

Lee

Lee

Located at 1500' elevation in Kona on the west side of the Big Island of Hawaii.

Average annual rainfall is about 60"; temperature around 80 degrees.

  • 6 months later...
Posted

I need some help on this one please??? it looks like saintlucei but I don't think it is? Basilonga is the only other one to come to mind but I really have no idea?? Anyone who has any thoughts please let me know!!

You have a great collection. Love the Dypsis cabadae x leptocheilos.

I have never seen a true Basilonga split. Look under the leaflets, if it is glaucous like a Saintlucei, then maybe.

I'm with Len - not D. basilonga
Thanks for your thoughts guys, any idea what it might be? Certainly looks different to saintlucei to me??

Is there still one called laffa?

It doesn't look like the saintlucei dwarf, which I believe is the same palm as Dypsis laffa. It looks a lot to me like what I have as D. arenarum. Although, I think there's some debate as to what the true arenarum actually is, so who knows if what I have is even the real thing.
Sorry, for sure not a Saintlucei (or Dwarf Saintlucei either) I was just saying if that plant has the bluish/silver undersides like a Saintlucei, then maybe it could be Basilonga. But I doubt it. So many types and varieties in these clumpers that its really is hard to nail down. Arenarum is another good possibility.
So regarding my mystery palm... I have just noticed that both of the twin stems are splitting again. Is this common for arenarum or do they sucker? I find it very interesting that the twin stems are about to become quads!! The identicle splitting (timing etc) is interesting.

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And just another overall pic for good measure...

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Must be arenarum??

Posted

I'm suffering from dypsis envy. What a stunning collection. I love the cabade x leptocheilos especially. I am looking forward to follow up pics. Thanks for sharing.

Posted

Nice. I too love the cabadae x leptocheilos. I sewed some seed and am trying to sprout some here in Florida currently.

Do you have leptocheilos x decaryi? Those are presumably more common in Oz..

JD

Posted

So regarding my mystery palm... I have just noticed that both of the twin stems are splitting again. Is this common for arenarum or do they sucker? I find it very interesting that the twin stems are about to become quads!! The identicle splitting (timing etc) is interesting.

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And just another overall pic for good measure...

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Must be arenarum??

Here's my arenarum Ben, someone questioned whether it's psammophilla. I call the Dypsis confusion, the "Dypsis Scratch".

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Happy Gardening

Cheers,

Wal

Queensland, Australia.

Posted

Nice. I too love the cabadae x leptocheilos. I sewed some seed and am trying to sprout some here in Florida currently.

Do you have leptocheilos x decaryi? Those are presumably more common in Oz..

JD

You sent me some seed about a month ago so I am hoping to have some real soon! Thanks!

Posted

So regarding my mystery palm... I have just noticed that both of the twin stems are splitting again. Is this common for arenarum or do they sucker? I find it very interesting that the twin stems are about to become quads!! The identicle splitting (timing etc) is interesting.

attachicon.gifimage.jpg

And just another overall pic for good measure...

attachicon.gifimage.jpg

Must be arenarum??

Here's my arenarum Ben, someone questioned whether it's psammophilla. I call the Dypsis confusion, the "Dypsis Scratch".

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Thanks Wal, yours does look a little psammophilla esque?

Posted

So good to look back at this thread, 6 months has passed, ready for another good season of growth !!

Posted

it is the first time I have seen this thread Ben. Fantastic collection. Have any of the Tri bear popped yet?

Climatic Zone: Vile..

Location: 37.765 (S) : 144.920 (E)

Posted

Can Dypsis cope well in 10b zone ? And cope with odd lows of 10 C ?

Posted

Can Dypsis cope well in 10b zone ? And cope with odd lows of 10 C ?

Most dypsis will laugh at 10 Celsius.. Our winter that has just finished had lows of around 2 Celsius with zero damage on most of my dypsis collection. They are pretty tough!

  • 1 month later...
Posted

Egads, it looks like a Dypsis Dynasty in the making :36_14_15[1]:

Coral Gables, FL 8 miles North of Fairchild USDA Zone 10B

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