Update on PalmatierMeg's Dypsis sp.Malagassy

[Moose]

This palm I got several years ago from Meg, (FM PalmatierMeg) as Dypsis sp.Malagassy. Its true species has yet to be determined. Beginning to exhibit its first rings of trunk. Maybe it will start fruiting in the next five years so we can finally get a determination of what it is, perhaps a new species or a cultivar of a known one. Lots of white tomentum on crownshaft, don't look like its going to have a black stem.

[palmislandRandy]

Wow Ron, I can't believe how yours has grown! I'm certain mine came from the same batch as yours. I have 2, that I dug up, repotted & took with me when I moved. They were struggling but now both are moving. Your's is awesome.

-Randy

[Hilo Jason]

Looking very nice. I had one of these that I got from Meg and it did great in my greenhouse and at first when I planted it out, then suddenly declined quickly. Hoping they become available again sometime as I would really like to try one again.

[edric]

Looking good Ron, even got some trunk on it too, that tree was germinated in 2009, same year as mine, the seeds only came around once that I know of, Ed

[Josh-O]

Dang Ron.. Its a show stopper for sure. I hope meg will have some seed available soon?

yours is so full and lush

[dmc]

Very nice!

[Gonzer]

Moosy, nice plant, but what amazes me is that you started a thread instead of resurrecting a 15 year old one!

[Josh-O]

great observation Gonzer, that's not like Moose to start a new thread

[Rusty on Pine Is.]

Wow, nice pics...yours are cranking!!!!...my two are not at that stage just yet....i think they are interesting, and look forward to more growth to see if it stays the same or morphs. Wish i had gotten into the genus sooner.

[Mandrew968]

This palm I got several years ago from Meg, (FM PalmatierMeg) as Dypsis sp.Malagassy. Its true species has yet to be determined. Beginning to exhibit its first rings of trunk. Maybe it will start fruiting in the next five years so we can finally get a determination of what it is, perhaps a new species or a cultivar of a known one. Lots of white tomentum on crownshaft, don't look like its going to have a black stem.

sp malgassy 1.JPGsp malgassy 2.JPGsp malgassy 3.JPG

Tomentum? So you are saying this palm is growing a fuzzy white fur on the crownshaft??? Or do you mean it has a chalky white powder, like many palms do? If it has tomentum, then you reall have something neat, there, Moose...

[Moose]

This palm I got several years ago from Meg, (FM PalmatierMeg) as Dypsis sp.Malagassy. Its true species has yet to be determined. Beginning to exhibit its first rings of trunk. Maybe it will start fruiting in the next five years so we can finally get a determination of what it is, perhaps a new species or a cultivar of a known one. Lots of white tomentum on crownshaft, don't look like its going to have a black stem.

sp malgassy 1.JPGsp malgassy 2.JPGsp malgassy 3.JPG

Tomentum? So you are saying this palm is growing a fuzzy white fur on the crownshaft??? Or do you mean it has a chalky white powder, like many palms do? If it has tomentum, then you reall have something neat, there, Moose...

Senior moment, its not tomentum but the powdery white scales - I stand corrected.

Yes, I wish it was like a white teddy bear, guess it would have been called a polar bear.

[Mandrew968]

This palm I got several years ago from Meg, (FM PalmatierMeg) as Dypsis sp.Malagassy. Its true species has yet to be determined. Beginning to exhibit its first rings of trunk. Maybe it will start fruiting in the next five years so we can finally get a determination of what it is, perhaps a new species or a cultivar of a known one. Lots of white tomentum on crownshaft, don't look like its going to have a black stem.

sp malgassy 1.JPGsp malgassy 2.JPGsp malgassy 3.JPG

Tomentum? So you are saying this palm is growing a fuzzy white fur on the crownshaft??? Or do you mean it has a chalky white powder, like many palms do? If it has tomentum, then you reall have something neat, there, Moose...

Senior moment, its not tomentum but the powdery white scales - I stand corrected.

Yes, I wish it was like a white teddy bear, guess it would have been called a polar bear.

Polar bear! good one--that's funny, a Moose growing a polar bear...

[Josh-O]

lol,,

[Peter Pacific]

Thanks for posting again Moose!!

Well, it looks like I have you all beat!!! Here's mine also from Meg, probably from the same batch of all of yours. It loves the heat and pretty much full sun. Two small seedlings went into the ground very early and haven't stopped for even a second. It's easily 15 feet high and requires little maintenance.

Gorgeous palm.

Peter

[Moose]

Update - it carked after flowering for three years. Never held seed until mature. 

[sonoranfans]

I was sold a palm as dypsis pembana that looks a lot like this one.  When it was obviously plumose and has those very different leafbases than my other pembana, I realized it was something else.  This was around 10 years ago that I planted it.  I was at first disappointed it wasnt the multitrunk pembana but the trunk up near the crownshaft is nice and white with some green mixed in.  It looks best with som filterd sun as the white really pops.  Today its raining so its not quite as illuminating.  Mine is in the shade of a big royal with satakentia and livistona saribus also around it.  The foliage is a very dark green, maybe because of the shade. shade.  

[Billeb]

4 hours ago, sonoranfans said:

 

This is a sweet looking Palm. Perfect size….not massive but not thin or weak looking. Love the crown. 
 

-dale

[Frond-friend42]

Cool looking dypsis. Are we sure it's not some kind of decaryi hybrid?

[tim_brissy_13]

I’m seeing a lot of D madagascariensis in most of the palms pictures above. It’s a variable species, so I’d guess this is just one form of it. 

[sonoranfans]

Yeah I thought mine might be d. madagascariensis.  I thought its leaves were to short for the photo examples I saw.  It also seems to hold a lot of leaves that are more spaceing on the trunk too.  Perhaps since it has minimal unfiltered sun it could have led to some morphological plasticity.

[PalmatierMeg]

I'm still not sure what they are but they grow easily if given sun and are of moderate size. Very handsome palm. They have a tristichous look to them. None of mine have yet to flower even though they are 13-14 years old. Sure wish they would in my lifetime.

[redant]

On 1/23/2022 at 4:45 PM, tim_brissy_13 said:

I’m seeing a lot of D madagascariensis in most of the palms pictures above. It’s a variable species, so I’d guess this is just one form of it. 

Bought as D madagascariensis , looks a lot like the ones in the photos. Has  flowered several times but never seeded. A really easy nice palm that is totally underutilized in FL.