Beccariophoenix madagascariensis

[Brad52]

Does this look correct for this palm I was sold as B madagascariensis?

 

 

Also, from some distance even a young Dypsis ambositrae is easy to see, looking forward to it growing up.

 

 

[tim_brissy_13]

Yep looks like B mad to me. Great palm but so slow especially in my climate. 

[Brad52]

Thank you, I am unfamiliar with the species which made buying it a bit of a gamble but I've had good luck buying palms I stumble across blindly.  It was a Craigslist purchase and sometimes the ID can be a bit dodgy, in a few months it has flushed those green leaves in the center so when all of those branches started popping out I assumed it was a clustering palm but that does not seem to be the case so I guess this guy branches like that with several at once?

[tim_brissy_13]

The plants at the bottom aren’t palms. Must’ve been included in the pot when you purchased it. 

[Brad52]

Really, I'll be danged, they are coming directly out of the trunk and are veined like strap leaves.  Some seed must have been lodged in the trunk.

[Billeb]

7 hours ago, Brad52 said:

 

Also, from some distance even a young Dypsis ambositrae is easy to see, looking forward to it growing up.

 

 

 

No offense on the Beccariophoenix, but that D. Ambositrae is awesome. Can’t wait till mine is that big. 
 

-dale

[Brad52]

I was fortunate to buy that at a nice size but it has produced maybe 5-6 leaves in the 8 months or so that I have had it.

[Billeb]

2 hours ago, Brad52 said:

I was fortunate to buy that at a nice size but it has produced maybe 5-6 leaves in the 8 months or so that I have had it.

That’s good growth if u ask me. I’d be more than happy with that. 
 

-dale

[Brad52]

 

So to confirm, these not only have nothing to do with this palm, they also are not palms?  Fuzzy stems seem to indicate they are not?

[Cindy Adair]

The fuzzy stems near your palm look like a weedy grass I have in PR....

[mike in kurtistown]

Those grasses are everywhere in this part of Hawaii and just love to grow right into the roots of palms. Glyphosate will get them, but not quickly.

[Brad52]

I have one here too but not with the veined leaves so that threw me off course, they are really coming right out of the palm trunk and I don't think I can remove them at the roots and may have a permanent new place to have to 'mow'.

[Looking Glass]

On 9/3/2021 at 1:54 PM, Brad52 said:

Does this look correct for this palm I was sold as B madagascariensis?

 

 Is everybody sure this is Beccariophoenix?  I’ve got Alfredii and Fenestralis and they don’t look anything like this near the growing point.  Does Madagascariensis come right out of the ground like that, like a big dypsis, without the fibrous little trunky trunk like the others?  I’m not as familiar with M.  

[quaman58]

The older leaves look a bit stretched, like it was greenhouse grown possibly. But yes, madagascariensis is just super upright in its growth pattern. Fenetralis and alfredii are much more “lax” in the way they hold their leaves..

[quaman58]

Here are a couple big boys in the hood..