Dypsis paludosa v. florencei and orchids

[Cindy Adair]

A few years ago this Dypsis got a gift of much greater sun exposure when a utility crew broke a fence to trim anything close. Unlike Dave's reports of careful teams in California surgically removing trees and stacking them neatly afterwards, this area was a disaster zone.

The Rhopaloblaste augusta also in the background was nearly killed, but now it too is growing better with increased light.

Today the holiday red crownshaft of presumptive Dypsis paludosa v. florencei caught my attention. When I bought it as a tiny seedling, it had the label D. pulchella but that turned out to be incorrect.

Then I looked down and see it's first successful sprout, so it really is going to cluster after all.

Then I look even closer and see two tiny orchids that have found new homes.

I will try to keep a watch on these as this seems to be a less than secure spot in the long term. I do not see any orchids nearby but this one shows up in many trees in PR. Everyday something new to see and enjoy! For those who were expecting more dramatic orchid flowers, I'll add a few I also saw today to the non palm section next.

[doranakandawatta]

OMG, Cindy,

So lovely pictures, thank you!
I love your presumptive Dypsis paludosa v. florencei, how old is it?

 

[Palms4Steve]

awesome. It's a stunning Palm.

[annafl]

What an amazingly beautiful little palm!  Thanks, Cindy.  Do you know what type of orchid this is that seeds and grows so readily there?

 

[DoomsDave]

Whoa 

who needs Cuba when there's PR instead!

more pictures

it was 35 F this morning

[jardinierpalmiertrat]

very nice palm!!!!! Thanks for pictures!!

[realarch]

Cindy, these are beautiful palms and they will get tall enough that you'll have to look up at them. Good that they sucker so there will always be one at eye level.

Tim

[Cindy Adair]

On December 24, 2016 at 12:46:57 AM, doranakandawatta said:

OMG, Cindy,

So lovely pictures, thank you!
I love your presumptive Dypsis paludosa v. florencei, how old is it?

 

Thank you! I am sorry that I did not record the year that I planted this one on the tag as I did in latter years. I am sure it is buried in the travel documents somewhere. I suspect it was no bigger than a four inch pot size when planted around 2010. It grew much faster when it suddenly got full sun.

[Cindy Adair]

On December 25, 2016 at 9:13:34 AM, annafl said:

What an amazingly beautiful little palm!  Thanks, Cindy.  Do you know what type of orchid this is that seeds and grows so readily there?

 

I know I have seen these in flower on other trees, but just can't remember! Perhaps Ionopsis or an Epidendrum or even Tolumnia? Just guesses at this point, sorry.

[Cindy Adair]

On December 25, 2016 at 3:00:26 AM, Palms4Steve said:

awesome. It's a stunning Palm.

 

On December 25, 2016 at 1:44:56 PM, DoomsDave said:

Whoa 

who needs Cuba when there's PR instead!

more pictures

it was 35 F this morning

 

On December 25, 2016 at 2:30:44 PM, jardinierpalmiertrat said:

very nice palm!!!!! Thanks for pictures!!

 

On December 25, 2016 at 3:32:25 PM, realarch said:

Cindy, these are beautiful palms and they will get tall enough that you'll have to look up at them. Good that they sucker so there will always be one at eye level.

Tim

Thanks to one and all!

Wish you all lived closer so I could take you for a stroll (with a walking stick and hiking boots in most areas!)

 

 

 

[sarasota alex]

Great palm Cindy! This is actually most likely a Dypsis mirabilis. Most Dypsis paludosa in cultivation (and in pictures on the web and even in literature) have turned out to be Dypsis mirabilis after an examination by John Dransfield of Jeff Marcus' source plants.

[Cindy Adair]

If John Dransfield says it, I believe it! Time to make a new label!

Thanks so much Alex!