Anyone growing Chrysalidocarpus?

[Tracy]

While updating plant name labels might be a project for some as a result of the newly published study on palm subtribe Dypsidinae, think of all the posts on this website which are under now defunct names.  Moving forward, perhaps one should cross reference the old names to avoid confusion for new members that will be raised on these new names.  One of the other things that jumped out at me was that all the former Dypsis that are now Chrysalidocarpus are changing sex in their species names, or at least those that did express a preference in their old names.  Pembana became pembanus, basilonga became basilongus, and one of my favorites, prestoniana became prestonianus.  So we will have a little more to recall than which species of former Dypsis become Chrysalidocarpus.

Clearly this will require a little time to adapt.  I thought I would open a thread to get the conversion going here on Palmtalk with one of the revived names, Chrysalidocarpus..  Perhaps a different thread is appropriate for the Vonitra genus.  Thanks again to Wolf L. Eiserhardt, Sidonie Bellot, Robyn S. Cowan, John Dransfield, Lars Emil S.F. Hansen, Karolina Heyduk, Romer N. Rabarijaona, Mijoro Rakotoarinivo, William J. Baker  for their illuminating work!

Chrysalidocarpus prestonianus

Chrysalidocarpus ambositrae

Chrysalidocarpus leptocheilos

[kinzyjr]

Yep, time to update the labels again...

[Billeb]

9 hours ago, Tracy said:

…..prestoniana became prestonianus.  

 

Yes, you have an impressive Prestonianus. 😝
 

-dale

[Mandrew968]

Here is the last or latest Chrysolidocarpus I planted. Got it from Steve Stern; he got it from a local guy I think. 'Calving Dypsis' was what he was selling them as. I told him that if I had to bet, I would say it's a lutescens. He swore it was not. It is already 'calving' and should soon provide some shade for the baby tortoises.

[Billy]

You've got a nice "little" project for the tale end of summer, Tracy! 

[Looking Glass]

Can one of you Latin scholars translate Chrysalidocarpus for me?   It appears to be “gold-greenish, man or half-freeman, man-wrist”….  But obviously my Latin is a bit rusty.  

Here’s my young collection (arranged from super happy - to mildly disgruntled - to miserable)

Chrysalidocarpus leptocheilos…. (Overjoyed)

 

Chrysalidocarpus basilongus…. (Fairly fast so far)

 

Chrysalidocarpus saintelucei…. (Fairly happy so far)

 

Chrysalidocarpus pembanus… (slowish for me)

 

Chrysalidocarpus carlsmithii…  (grumpy but over the roofline now)

C. Lafazamangus?….  Lol!  (Seem to dislike the hot summers but doing ok)

 

C. Orange Crush-iopolus… (on suicide watch)

Edited August 27, 2022 by Looking Glass

[thallo]

This is my potted Chrysalidocarpus baronii 

[BS Man about Palms]

Chrysalidocarpus prestonianus big curlius? 

[Kim]

Chyrsalidocarpus onilahensis, or to abbreviate, C. onilahensis. The capital C will be my go-to!

I wonder about those labeled "species 1, species 4, etc" in the article. Which one might possibly be what we (again) call 'orange crush'? I'm certain it's in the C. category. The 4 in this photo aren't looking orange at the time of the photo, but when a frond drops, the orange pops.