Dypsis Lutescens - post yours

[ruskinPalms]

These really are stars out of Madagascar like Bismarckia. They are easy to grow in crappy soil and even survive dips into the upper 20s F. They are often relegated to the not cool enough trash heap on here, but they really are great palms! 

[Stevetoad]

Yep. It’s one of those really cool palms that are taken down because they are so popular. If they were rare we would all be drooling over them. I love mine. They arnt everywhere here in San Diego as they are in Florida and Hawaii so they still have a little bit of that non common look. 

[Rickybobby]

Here’s one of my many seedlings all harvested from Jamaica and Dominican 

 

 

[Plantasexoticas]

I only really know these as house plants here due to the climate, but what kind of temperatures do they need to start growing at a decent rate? 

[NOT A TA]

I have a couple thousand total because I grow some to sell so I have them from sprouts to 4 years old in growers pots plus ones planted in ground for screening off neighbors, seed production,  and as specimen clumps.

[NickJames]

You can see them in the background here. I’m using them as privacy screens.

[mwardlow]

A bit tattered coming out of winter but one of my favorites in my garden.

[Really full garden]

This is an example of what to expect in 32 years ! I planted three 15 cm tall seedlings and have removed the suckers for about the last twenty years.

[NOT A TA]

4 hours ago, Plantasexoticas said:

I only really know these as house plants here due to the climate, but what kind of temperatures do they need to start growing at a decent rate? 

Seems like about 70 F + here.

[Really full garden]

Mine were still known as Chrysalidicarpus lutescens when they were planted 

[Butch]

Nice easy grow here in SO. CA.... They got much larger than I thought at planting... Colorful when young...

Butch

 

[Tracy]

7 hours ago, mwardlow said:

A bit tattered coming out of winter

Mine are a bit battered after winter too.  They don't seem to handle winter or much of any deviation from the ideal as well as some of the other clumping Dypsis I'm growing.  I too planted it as a screening plant.

[DoomsDave]

Oh forgive me for I’m about to sin big time

But first my lutes

Here’s my first ;

[DoomsDave]

Okay here’s the other sold to me by the late great Louis Hooper as a Dypsis arenarum

Which it ain’t 

Given and sold babies in the hood

[greysrigging]

They were probably the most widely planted non native species of palm in Darwin during the heydays of palm cultivation 1980's-1990's. I had a complete natural fence of them at the front of my property....unfortunately the Ganoderma disease took out almost all the ones in my garden. I have a couple left...strong and healthy atm, but eventually they'll succumb to the Wilt. I have heard estimates as high as 80% of Darwin lutescens have been killed by Ganoderma and related soil born diseases.
https://dpir.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/233595/834.pdf
about 1990

The last survivors 2020

[GottmitAlex]

2 hours ago, greysrigging said:

They were probably the most widely planted non native species of palm in Darwin during the heydays of palm cultivation 1980's-1990's. I had a complete natural fence of them at the front of my property....unfortunately the Ganoderma disease took out almost all the ones in my garden. I have a couple left...strong and healthy atm, but eventually they'll succumb to the Wilt. I have heard estimates as high as 80% of Darwin lutescens have been killed by Ganoderma and related soil born diseases.
https://dpir.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/233595/834.pdf
about 1990

The last survivors 2020

Impressive! I can't fathom ganoderma in northern Australia.  

Sorry mate.

Alex

Edited April 20, 2020 by GottmitAlex

[greysrigging]

And not just Lutescens... Carpentaria, Ptychosperma ( both elegans and macarthuri ), Royals, Queens, Triangles have all at one time or another been lost. I planted dozens of Alexanders 30 years ago... planted the seeds myself in 1985 and not lost a single one ! Go figure ?. But the back yard jungle is self sustaining now, with birds and bats excreting seeds to replenish the fallen... so .... it is what it is....

[Palms Brisbane]

Took this photo 10mins ago. Just some of mine.

 

[Stevetoad]

My smallest one but the easiest to get a pic of and one of the most yellow I have. 
 

 

[Stevetoad]

This one has a lot of color too. I’ve posted this one before. 
 

 

[bubba]

These are particularly prevalent in So. Fla. in older landscapes and constitute large surrounding hedges. Unfortunately, they hold tremendous amounts of water and become perfect breeding grounds for mosquitoes.

My oldest son's wife wisely required their removal in their backyard when both they and the Grandchildren were getting attacked each night. You have not worked until you are tasked with the removal of a long boundary line of Lutes! We got it done but retrospectively wish blasting caps were still legal. I do not believe this issue exists in So. Cal. or other drier climates, where they are beauties! Lucky!

 

[Ras]

This one has never been fully green, always looks yellowish. It does shoot out new fronds regularly, but may need more that it is getting from being in a pot.

How do these do in pots long term? Does this one look like it has a deficiency?

Also, what in the good lords name is going on in the last pic? Looks like an alien is growing out off it...

[Jimbean]

They are weeds here