Dypsis Onilahensis

[paulgila]

nice pic,wal.i LOVE the way the leaflets fall & the curve of them!

[Al in Kona]

Some time ago I posted the below 3- pictures of my largest so called Dypsis onilahensis and most everyone who made comments agreed that it was one form of that palm.  Do you guys think it is also?

[Al in Kona]

Another view . . .

[Al in Kona]

View of trunking . . .

[SunnyFl]

(Jeff Searle @ Aug. 27 2006,22:12)

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My OPEN HOUSE SALE will be on Fri. Sept.22nd, Sat. the 23rd. and Sun. the 24th. I will have a large one about 6-7' for display, with smaller ones underneath to sell.

Already have it marked on my calendar

Ummmmm, can you hold one of those oni's.... or maybe a st. lucei (can't remember the spelling!)  for me?  pleeeeze?  It is a 5-hour drive so I can't get there as early as the locals.

[Jeff Searle]

Sunny, no problem. See you then.

[Jeff Searle]

Al,

  Sure looks like D.onilahensis to me. And the stiff leaf form, very good. It should be seeding by now??

[Kathy]

My 2-year old -- guess I'll be waiting a while for it to look like these, if it is onilahensis:

[Jeff Searle]

Kathy,

    Hi, I was wondering how far north will this palm grow in Calif. How long have you had yours and do you know of anyone else in your area with success so far?

   There are alot of species of Dypsis that are found in habitat at high elevations. Some of these for instance,Dypsis decipiens does well at lower elevations and even with alot of rainfall.

    But I'd like to know if any readers in the central and northern parts of Calif. are growing these (D. onilahensis) or other species of Dypsis with some success.

[Kathy]

Hi Jeff.  I've had mine for about 2 1/2 years now, and it's been no trouble whatsoever.  I just wish it were bigger!  It grows steadily but slowly on my front porch, and is currently around 20" tall, throwing a spear every 60 days or so.  We are at approximately 37.9 latitude North.

I'm sure others in the Bay Area will pipe in with their's, but I'm not sure who exactly has one of these.  All my other Dypsis are newer except my decipiens.  I've had my decipiens as long as my onilahensis, yet it's in the ground and I recently moved it -- suprisingly it looks happier than it ever has and has thrown 2 spears since moving (would need to search the old threads here for the move date -- believe it was about a month and half ago).

Count me as one who wants to try them all -- just need a couple more years to start having something to report!

[tim_brissy_13]

I'm not in Northern Cal, but I've been told Melbourne has a similar climate temperature wise to San Francisco.  I've got over 10 Dypsis species, the best growers in the ground being baronii, decipiens and onilahensis, while lutescens survives but never looks as good as the others.

[neoflora]

I have what I believe are 3 forms of D. onilahensis. The first being the weeping form. Which has also been called D. isaloensis. The second form resembles a green D. lutescens with arching leaflets. The third palm was put in this catagory by JD in POM. This palm is known as D. brevinodis, aka slickwilly, aka sps. bef. All three of these palms look very different from each other. I also collected seed of yet another palm in Madagascar of a very thin trunk onilahensis looking palm. The seeds I collected were the same size and were homogeneous. We saw several palms without seeds or flowers that could fit in either the D. baronnii complex or the D. onilahensis group. My take!    Ron