A nice little tray of some dypsis rivularis

[happypalms]

A few nice rivularis palms are on the menu. Along with a community pot full of some seedlings ready to pot up. A fantastic medium to small palm perfect for a bright understory situation or in a nice little microclimate spot in the garden. One of my favourite dypsis species with some beautiful colours in and around the crownshaft and stem a special little dypsis  well worth growing the mini redneck palm. 

[gyuseppe]

I tried growing dypsis, but they don't make it through the winter here

[Harry’s Palms]

I just looked it up and these are really nice palms . Non clumping so they won’t take up much room . They look like they want a warm shady spot through winter . Regular source of water in the summer months , as the name would suggest. Harry

[happypalms]

14 hours ago, gyuseppe said:

I tried growing dypsis, but they don't make it through the winter here

Not even the good old golden cane surely it would survive.

[happypalms]

13 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

I just looked it up and these are really nice palms . Non clumping so they won’t take up much room . They look like they want a warm shady spot through winter . Regular source of water in the summer months , as the name would suggest. Harry

They are a wonderful palm well worth growing, may I suggest you look into getting one.

Richard 

[JD in the OC]

I've got two in the ground. About 16" tall. They are slow but steady.  Planted in a low spot with semi muddy soil so they're happy.  I agree!...they have gorgeous coloring when older 

[Harry’s Palms]

If I ever run across one , I surely would. I like the Dypsis/Chrysalidiocarpus palms I added 3 new species last year. Harry

[Steve Mac]

Hi Richard, here is my one, they are an interesting slow little palm.

The only thing that I don't like about it is it's tendency to have a crowded leaf base, it can look a bit messy and be a litter trap.

I fixed mine by cutting off a few of the lower leaflets on each petiole.

Another characteristic of mine is that it has a pattern of missing some random leaflets along the stalk.

 

 

[happypalms]

5 hours ago, JD in the OC said:

I've got two in the ground. About 16" tall. They are slow but steady.  Planted in a low spot with semi muddy soil so they're happy.  I agree!...they have gorgeous coloring when older 

I had a 6 foot trunk one but it just up and died one day I was so devastated. I can’t wait to get some more in the ground.

[happypalms]

2 hours ago, Steve Mac said:

Hi Richard, here is my one, they are an interesting slow little palm.

The only thing that I don't like about it is it's tendency to have a crowded leaf base, it can look a bit messy and be a litter trap.

I fixed mine by cutting off a few of the lower leaflets on each petiole.

Another characteristic of mine is that it has a pattern of missing some random leaflets along the stalk.

 

 

The leaf patterning is amazing. Being a litter trapping palm they do get a bit messy, but iam sure they enjoy the mulch they make so I leave the litter in the small one I about the same size of the one you have. The one I have is tucked away out of sight only visible if I go in and move the red Areca leaves. 

[happypalms]

4 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

If I ever run across one , I surely would. I like the Dypsis/Chrysalidiocarpus palms I added 3 new species last year. Harry

Plant more Harry I look forward to seeing your floribunda order. 
Richard 

[peachy]

11 hours ago, happypalms said:

Not even the good old golden cane surely it would survive.

Golden Cane are tricky in cooler climates. There are a few in Melbourne but they are very well established and quite sheltered so they wouldn't live anywhere in Europe. Sorry @gyuseppe

[gyuseppe]

yes  peachy 

[happypalms]

16 hours ago, gyuseppe said:

yes  peachy 

 

19 hours ago, peachy said:

Golden Cane are tricky in cooler climates. There are a few in Melbourne but they are very well established and quite sheltered so they wouldn't live anywhere in Europe. Sorry @gyuseppe

Is that because it clumps peachy🤣

[gyuseppe]

Hello Richard

sorry my english i use google translate😀

[happypalms]

7 minutes ago, gyuseppe said:

Hello Richard

sorry my english i use google translate😀

Peachy dislikes clumping palms, but if she had her way a nice red Areca would grace her courtyard😂

[Phoenikakias]

20 hours ago, peachy said:

Golden Cane are tricky in cooler climates. There are a few in Melbourne but they are very well established and quite sheltered so they wouldn't live anywhere in Europe. Sorry @gyuseppe

It depends on what you mean under Europe. In Crete and Cyprus there are tall clumps outdoors. But even in the mainland Chrysalidocarpus lutescens survives easily in Monaco, I suppose the same for Sicily and southern Spain at least to the south of Valencia

[Phoenikakias]

On 2/10/2025 at 12:49 PM, gyuseppe said:

I tried growing dypsis, but they don't make it through the winter here

I can help you cultivate successfully certain spp, I have gained some experience over the past years. (That's what are friends for)

[gyuseppe]

here in Naples, they can't resist

[gyuseppe]

I bought the seeds of dypsis decipiens from RPS, they resisted in winter, but died in summer!

[Phoenikakias]

33 minutes ago, gyuseppe said:

I bought the seeds of dypsis decipiens from RPS, they resisted in winter, but died in summer!

I did not mention decipiens, but there are other more resilient  spp , such as baronii, onilahensis, leptochilos and ambositrae.

[peachy]

1 hour ago, Phoenikakias said:

It depends on what you mean under Europe. In Crete and Cyprus there are tall clumps outdoors. But even in the mainland Chrysalidocarpus lutescens survives easily in Monaco, I suppose the same for Sicily and southern Spain at least to the south of Valencia

I meant mainland Europe as I have never wanted to visit the greek islands. Yes I saw some palms in Monte Carlo and a couple of Trachycarpus in Rome and a lot of Date Palms in Israel. Golden Cane can't take a frost and I sent a few to Tasmania but none of them survived. All the other places you mentioned I have not been to so you got me good