Dypsis canaliculata

[Moose]

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[edric]

Hello fellow Dypsis nuts

I have a palm that was purchased under the name of Dypsis canaliculata & I have been wondering if this palm is a form of Dypsis pretoniana as has been whispered by a couple of fellow palm growers?.

I have a Dypsis pretoniana planted as well & I must say that the palms look nothing alike & the D canaliculata is much faster growing, the palm pictured was planted 20 months ago out of an 8 inch pot & it is now higher than the 1.8 metre fence behind it. Where as the D prestoniana is only about 1 metre tall in about the same growing time in the ground.

Leaf colour & arrangement is also quite different.

Here is a couple of photos of both plants, let me know what you think

Dypsis canaliculata

So what's the consensus, is it D. tokoravina, or not, thanks, Ed

[Pedro 65]

Hello fellow Dypsis nuts

I have a palm that was purchased under the name of Dypsis canaliculata & I have been wondering if this palm is a form of Dypsis pretoniana as has been whispered by a couple of fellow palm growers?.

I have a Dypsis pretoniana planted as well & I must say that the palms look nothing alike & the D canaliculata is much faster growing, the palm pictured was planted 20 months ago out of an 8 inch pot & it is now higher than the 1.8 metre fence behind it. Where as the D prestoniana is only about 1 metre tall in about the same growing time in the ground.

Leaf colour & arrangement is also quite different.

Here is a couple of photos of both plants, let me know what you think

Dypsis canaliculata

So what's the consensus, is it D. tokoravina, or not, thanks, Ed

Ed, heres 2 Pics of a same age Tokoravina which shows some very obvious differences.Note the "very long petioles" and the grey green spear opposed to a red. I have both are they are similar but very different. Pete

[edric]

Thanks Pete, I thought they were different, but wasn't sure, may I use your photos in Palmpedia, thanks, Ed

[Pedro 65]

Thanks Pete, I thought they were different, but wasn't sure, may I use your photos in Palmpedia, thanks, Ed

Sure Ed, you have my permission to use any of my pics. Pete

[edric]

Thanks Pete, I thought they were different, but wasn't sure, may I use your photos in Palmpedia, thanks, Ed

Sure Ed, you have my permission to use any of my pics. Pete

Thanks Pete, BTW your jungle is beyond my wildest dreams, and none of that would be possible here, for it's often 4 degrees C. for four or five hours a night, four nights in a row, everything would surely freeze to death, Ed

[edric]

please start at the beginning, Ed

[Moose]

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