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Walter John Grand Master

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It seems to be Dypsis fakey ambositrae sp.Sylvester Stallone.

I think it's a hybrid, no good in other words, give it away.

Happy Gardening

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Wal

Queensland, Australia.

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Urban Rainforest Grand Master

Urban Rainforest

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Steve, I definitely don't have that palm. Do you have some really early pics of the palm? I'd love to see what it was compared to what it is now.

Best regards

Tyrone

Tyrone, These are the two earliest pics I have of this palm. It was very colorfull at an early stage of life.

Stevo

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Urban Rainforest Palms,Cycads and Exotics. Were in San Diego Ca. about 5 miles from the beach on Tecolote canyon. It seems to be an ideal growing climate with moderate temps. and very little frost. Vacation Rental in Leilani Estates, big island Hi PM me if interested in staying there.

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Urban Rainforest Grand Master

Urban Rainforest

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Here is one more pic taken about a year later.

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Urban Rainforest Palms,Cycads and Exotics. Were in San Diego Ca. about 5 miles from the beach on Tecolote canyon. It seems to be an ideal growing climate with moderate temps. and very little frost. Vacation Rental in Leilani Estates, big island Hi PM me if interested in staying there.

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Steve, that's amazing! I'm gonna go on record and say I think it's Dypsis ambositrae.

Matty, I agree that it probably resembles Dypsis Ambositrae more than any other palm but will the real Ambositrae please stand up :hmm: . I have seen at least 3 differant palms labled as Ambositrae in various nurseries and gardens and some of them do not look like Jeff Searles pics from habitat. Also it is supposed to be a critically endangered palm yet I have been buying seed for $10 per 100 seed which seems really cheap for a palm that rare so what are they?

Stevo

Value, in business, is based solely on demand. Dan Andersen is adamant, that his D. sp. kindreo is the real ambositrae, Ed

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Urban Rainforest Grand Master

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Well the freak show continues :blink: . The last of the big fat crownshafts fell off today and what was underneath completely blew me away!!! ENJOY :drool::drool: .

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Urban Rainforest Palms,Cycads and Exotics. Were in San Diego Ca. about 5 miles from the beach on Tecolote canyon. It seems to be an ideal growing climate with moderate temps. and very little frost. Vacation Rental in Leilani Estates, big island Hi PM me if interested in staying there.

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The tones of red and burgandy were very intense and except for evicting a family of slugs and washing off a few leaves this is how it looked when the leafbase fell off :drool: .

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Urban Rainforest Palms,Cycads and Exotics. Were in San Diego Ca. about 5 miles from the beach on Tecolote canyon. It seems to be an ideal growing climate with moderate temps. and very little frost. Vacation Rental in Leilani Estates, big island Hi PM me if interested in staying there.

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Close up.

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Urban Rainforest Palms,Cycads and Exotics. Were in San Diego Ca. about 5 miles from the beach on Tecolote canyon. It seems to be an ideal growing climate with moderate temps. and very little frost. Vacation Rental in Leilani Estates, big island Hi PM me if interested in staying there.

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Another close up.

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Urban Rainforest Palms,Cycads and Exotics. Were in San Diego Ca. about 5 miles from the beach on Tecolote canyon. It seems to be an ideal growing climate with moderate temps. and very little frost. Vacation Rental in Leilani Estates, big island Hi PM me if interested in staying there.

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Wicked!

Matt in Temecula, CA

Hot and dry in the summer, cold with light frost in the winter. Halfway between the desert and ocean

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Here is a close up of one of the very white now skinny trunks.

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Urban Rainforest Palms,Cycads and Exotics. Were in San Diego Ca. about 5 miles from the beach on Tecolote canyon. It seems to be an ideal growing climate with moderate temps. and very little frost. Vacation Rental in Leilani Estates, big island Hi PM me if interested in staying there.

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Here is a pic of the split from the other more boring side :) .

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Urban Rainforest Palms,Cycads and Exotics. Were in San Diego Ca. about 5 miles from the beach on Tecolote canyon. It seems to be an ideal growing climate with moderate temps. and very little frost. Vacation Rental in Leilani Estates, big island Hi PM me if interested in staying there.

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More white :drool: .

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Urban Rainforest Palms,Cycads and Exotics. Were in San Diego Ca. about 5 miles from the beach on Tecolote canyon. It seems to be an ideal growing climate with moderate temps. and very little frost. Vacation Rental in Leilani Estates, big island Hi PM me if interested in staying there.

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Here is a pic of the fuzz and scaling.

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Urban Rainforest Palms,Cycads and Exotics. Were in San Diego Ca. about 5 miles from the beach on Tecolote canyon. It seems to be an ideal growing climate with moderate temps. and very little frost. Vacation Rental in Leilani Estates, big island Hi PM me if interested in staying there.

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Overlapping leaflets.

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Urban Rainforest Palms,Cycads and Exotics. Were in San Diego Ca. about 5 miles from the beach on Tecolote canyon. It seems to be an ideal growing climate with moderate temps. and very little frost. Vacation Rental in Leilani Estates, big island Hi PM me if interested in staying there.

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And last but not least a pic of the entire palm :drool: . Hope you enjoyed a glimpse into the freaky side of Dypsis :lol: .

Stevo

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Urban Rainforest Palms,Cycads and Exotics. Were in San Diego Ca. about 5 miles from the beach on Tecolote canyon. It seems to be an ideal growing climate with moderate temps. and very little frost. Vacation Rental in Leilani Estates, big island Hi PM me if interested in staying there.

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Well the freak show continues :blink: . The last of the big fat crownshafts fell off today and what was underneath completely blew me away!!! ENJOY :drool::drool: .

Well, stuff my Swooning Sofa into the fireplace, and jump onto it . . .

That palm's hot . . . !

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Well the freak show continues :blink: . The last of the big fat crownshafts fell off today and what was underneath completely blew me away!!! ENJOY :drool::drool: .

Well, stuff my Swooning Sofa into the fireplace, and jump onto it . . .

That palm's hot . . . !

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Urban Rainforest Palms,Cycads and Exotics. Were in San Diego Ca. about 5 miles from the beach on Tecolote canyon. It seems to be an ideal growing climate with moderate temps. and very little frost. Vacation Rental in Leilani Estates, big island Hi PM me if interested in staying there.

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www.dadluvsu.com Grand Master

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I think we're gonna have to call it Dypsis sp. mind melt. That is one trippy lookin palm.

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I'm looking forward to seeing what this thing morphs into over the next few years. Patience... again... <_<

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Wai`anae Steve Veteran

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Some people have all the luck. :P

Wai`anae Steve-------www.waianaecrider.com
Living in Paradise, Leeward O`ahu, Hawai`i, USA
Temperature range yearly from say 95 to 62 degrees F
Only 3 hurricanes in the past 51 years and no damage. No floods where I am, No tornados, No earthquakes
No moles, squirrels, chipmunks, deer, etc. Just the neighbors "wild" chickens

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Urban Rainforest Grand Master

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I think we're gonna have to call it Dypsis sp. mind melt. That is one trippy lookin palm.

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I'm looking forward to seeing what this thing morphs into over the next few years. Patience... again... <_<

Bill, I think thats a good name for it :) . I thought I had seen it all but this palm straight blew my mind today :blink: .

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Urban Rainforest Palms,Cycads and Exotics. Were in San Diego Ca. about 5 miles from the beach on Tecolote canyon. It seems to be an ideal growing climate with moderate temps. and very little frost. Vacation Rental in Leilani Estates, big island Hi PM me if interested in staying there.

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Some people have all the luck. :P

Yeah...dumb luck :lol: .

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Urban Rainforest Palms,Cycads and Exotics. Were in San Diego Ca. about 5 miles from the beach on Tecolote canyon. It seems to be an ideal growing climate with moderate temps. and very little frost. Vacation Rental in Leilani Estates, big island Hi PM me if interested in staying there.

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That thing was germinated next to radioactive waste or something...

It's growing a tail! :yay:

VERY nice to have indeed... :)

Brandon, FL

27.95°N 82.28°W (Elev. 62 ft)

Zone9 w/ canopy

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Sweet :D Was your house built over some abandoned toxic waste dump site? That palm sure is freaky :drool: & gorgeous!

"If you need me, I'll be outside" -Randy Wiesner Palm Beach County, Florida Zone 10Bish

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:bemused: :bemused: :bemused: :bemused: :bemused:

Zone 10a at best after 2007 AND 2013, on SW facing hill, 1 1/2 miles from coast in Oceanside, CA. 30-98 degrees, and 45-80deg. about 95% of the time.

"The great workman of nature is time."   ,  "Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience."

-George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon-

I do some experiments and learning in my garden with palms so you don't have to experience the pain! Look at my old threads to find various observations and tips!

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Urban Rainforest Grand Master

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Thanks guys! Yeah, I've concidered the nuclear option and even the record frost of '07 as possible causes but it may just be a one in a million genetic freak of nature :rolleyes: .

Stevo

Urban Rainforest Palms,Cycads and Exotics. Were in San Diego Ca. about 5 miles from the beach on Tecolote canyon. It seems to be an ideal growing climate with moderate temps. and very little frost. Vacation Rental in Leilani Estates, big island Hi PM me if interested in staying there.

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AWESOME!!!!!!!

Matt Bradford

"Manambe Lavaka"

Spring Valley, CA (8.5 miles inland from San Diego Bay)

10B on the hill (635 ft. elevation)

9B in the canyon (520 ft. elevation)

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Tyrone Grand Master

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This is why I love Dypsis. Of the 42000 different Dypsids everyone seems to be growing out there, you just never know what they may do next or what they'll turn into.

I think that palm should be called Dypsis sp Transformer, or Dypsis sp Decepticon. :D

A wonderful palm that one. Keep an eye on it. It could do anything.

Best regards

Tyrone

Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

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On ‎8‎/‎7‎/‎2009‎ ‎7‎:‎26‎:‎30‎, Urban Rainforest said:

From the moment I noticed two spears emerge simultaneously over a year ago I new my Dypsis mystery was going to split. The only problem is that it already had several rings of trunk :blink: . This technically makes it a branching freak of nature! I have seen this on Lutescens and Baronii but not on a Dypsis this large. Has anyone else seen this on a large Dypsis :hmm: ? Well anyhows I've been patiently waiting for the leafbases to fall one by one to expose this crazyness and it finally happened. Actually one more has to drop to fully expose the two trunks but it is visible from one side now. I'm really going to miss that big fat white crownshaft. Heres a few pics of the freak show :drool: .

 

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Stevo, how about an undated photo? Curious what it looks like now. :D

Coral Gables, FL 8 miles North of Fairchild USDA Zone 10B

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