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Dypsis sp dark mealy bug

steve99

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14 months ago I planted two Dypsis sp Dark mealy bugs in the backyard. Well, since then, both have powered along quite nicely producing 2.5 leaves a year. With each new leaf being substantially bigger than the previous one it shouldn't be too long before they get some size about them.

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Daryl Grand Master

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Looking good Steve. They seem to like the climate here. Do yours get a nice coloured new leaf?

Gold Coast, Queensland Latitude 28S. Mild, Humid Subtropical climate. Rainfall - not consistent enough!

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Looking good Steve. They seem to like the climate here. Do yours get a nice coloured new leaf

Yep, the new leaf has a brownish/reddish hue which fades over times.

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Josh-O Grand Master

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awesome, Mines are half that size but very colorfull

Carlsbad, California Zone 10 B on the hill (402 ft. elevation)

Sunset zone 24

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in California they flush a pinkish colored leaf

Carlsbad, California Zone 10 B on the hill (402 ft. elevation)

Sunset zone 24

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Great palm the old dmb!! A species name would be interesting!!

Mine has been inground for nearly 5 years and has "hit it's straps" now!!

Here is a couple of pics taken over the last week. Latest pic here was taken 3 days ago..... It's looking great right now but no pic from today sorry.

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Its looking good Ben. I only bought my second DMB because the first grew so well.

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Great palm the old dmb!! A species name would be interesting!!

Mine has been inground for nearly 5 years and has "hit it's straps" now!!

Here is a couple of pics taken over the last week. Latest pic here was taken 3 days ago..... It's looking great right now but no pic from today sorry.

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Yes, on its way now Ben, :greenthumb: I grabbed a heap off you after seeing the Large, Stunning, very chunky specimens in FNQ, glad I did. :)

Re sp name, It wouldnt surprise me @ all if its Ceracea, when you see large starting to trunk specimens side by side of Bejouf and Dark Mealy they look very very similar apart from colour of course, anyway thats my thoughts. :)

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Thanks for all of great photos everyone. You've made me very anxious to have our small one get to the stages of yours.

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Located at 1500' elevation in Kona on the west side of the Big Island of Hawaii.

Average annual rainfall is about 60"; temperature around 80 degrees.

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comic097 Veteran

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We've enjoyed a bit of rain around these parts in the last week, and noticed today the new spear on my Dypsis dark mealy bug starting to open.

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realarch Grand Master

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Good looking stuff Ben, Steve, & Paul. These guys are pretty fast and the new leaf is pretty showy.

I gotta go check on mine and see how they're doing.

Tim

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Hilo, Hawaii

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A definite "holy grail" palm for the discerning collector ! :wub2:

Looks like more then a few Palm Talkers have unlocked the secret to cultivating this beauty ! :happy:

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

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Great palm the old dmb!! A species name would be interesting!!

Mine has been inground for nearly 5 years and has "hit it's straps" now!!

Here is a couple of pics taken over the last week. Latest pic here was taken 3 days ago..... It's looking great right now but no pic from today sorry.

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Gonna run out and get me one. Or two.

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Wish I could see some nice pics like that from Mainland USA.. not easy..

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."

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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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Wish I could see some nice pics like that from Mainland USA.. not easy..

Bill, these should be an "easy grow" for Cali with a raised bed/large mound or soil thats "deep" well drained and " always very moist" in Summer and S/cloth above till they trunk. :)

Ron, same above for Florida esp a "large mound "above your high calcium soil..

Pete

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Perry of SLO Palms had one that I saw last year, that was moving along in coastal Santa Barbara. He was pretty proud. I was in a hurry when I saw him last weekend, and forgot to check it out. He has been redoing his yard there and it is looking so good. This is hard to do part time, when you are living in one place and growing your palms for everyone else. Cecile

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very nice palm

Ben yours is looking great !

Old Beach ,Hobart
Tasmania ,Australia. 42 " south
Cool Maritime climate

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Look at you Paul, proud papa. Oh wait......do I see a weed growing in that bed?

Tim

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Hilo, Hawaii

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Very nice!

Summer's coming, and I wish I was too

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5 hours ago, comic097 said:

Well here we go again, new leaf opening on my DMB 

 

Looking good Paul.  :greenthumb:        I don't expect a new leaf on mine until late december, and then again in late May

 

 

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Nice palms guys, mine is fairly slow here, about 2 leaves a year, but it has that nice pinkish hue to them, so worth

the short lived splash of color. 

aloha

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It's been nearly two years since I started this thread and my Dypsis Dark Mealy Bug has grown considerably in that time.  Here's an updated pic since opening another new leaf last week.

 

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Haha yes give me a couple more days for it to fully open and I'll take quite a few pics 

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I am planting my only one and can choose sun to shade.

What do you recommend?

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6 hours ago, Cindy Adair said:

I am planting my only one and can choose sun to shade.

What do you recommend?

 

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If it was me, full sun.   :greenthumb:  

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Both mine are in FULL SUN and loving it.

 

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