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Dypsis baronii variation (black stem)

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Hi guys, 

I'm also new to the palm community, so hello all.

I'm in search of the infamous Dypsis black stem from Vakona forest lodge in Madagascar, if anyone has knowledge of where I can source this palm or seeds, here down under or OS,would be much appreciated. 

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Palms4Steve Proficient

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Hello and welcome to palmtalk. 

Good to see someone new on here from Sydney. Sorry can't help you its one I would be interested in too.

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4 hours ago, palmad Merc said:

Hi guys, 

I'm also new to the palm community, so hello all.

I'm in search of the infamous Dypsis black stem from Vakona forest lodge in Madagascar, if anyone has knowledge of where I can source this palm or seeds, here down under or OS,would be much appreciated. 

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sashaeffer Veteran

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I see that in this weeks blog on Jungle Music Phil has some small ones for sale but don't know if he ships internationally.

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Sabal Steve Grand Master

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A friend of mine bought one from Jungle Music.  It was a 4" liner.

According to my memory, Phil said that the plants were collected by Len Geiger, but that they were from a different plant than the one in your pictures - I remember asking him specifically about whether or not they came from the lodge.

Zone 10a/10b
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LJG Grand Master

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Those plants came from me. I collected the seed off the ground from under an old "Black Stem" in the Mantadia National Park. Not from the Lodge. I was there in October so nothing was in seed, so I didn't find much viable seed left on the ground. Most was already rotted. 

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Len

Vista, CA (Zone 10a)

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18 minutes ago, LJG said:

Those plants came from me. I collected the seed off the ground from under an old "Black Stem" in the Maromizaha Reserve. Not from the Lodge. I was there in October so nothing was in seed, so I didn't find much viable seed left on the ground. Most was already rotted. 

Len, you don't happen to have a picture of the likely mother plant, do you?  Just interested given I picked up two from Phil.

Ben Rogers

On the border of Concord & Clayton in the East Bay hills - Elev 387 ft 37.95 °N, 121.94 °W

My back yard weather station: http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/hdfForecast?query=37.954%2C-121.945&sp=KCACONCO37

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16 hours ago, sashaeffer said:

I see that in this weeks blog on Jungle Music Phil has some small ones for sale but don't know if he ships internationally.

Thank for the tip Scott!  I was able to pick up one of these too.  They sure don't last long......Interested to see a pic of the mother, since they are not from the lodge.

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this sure is a pretty cool palm tree..!

 

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While not the exact tree, this is what they looked like in habitat in Mantadia National Park. 

 

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Len

Vista, CA (Zone 10a)

Shadowridge Area

"Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are."

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1 hour ago, LJG said:

While not the exact tree, this is what they looked like in habitat in Mantadia National Park. 

 

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Beautiful!!!!!!!!!!

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6 hours ago, LJG said:

While not the exact tree, this is what they looked like in habitat in Mantadia National Park. 

 

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Thanks for the pic and perspective, Len!  I hope I can raise these to semi-maturity!

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Ben Rogers

On the border of Concord & Clayton in the East Bay hills - Elev 387 ft 37.95 °N, 121.94 °W

My back yard weather station: http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/hdfForecast?query=37.954%2C-121.945&sp=KCACONCO37

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Should be fine if you can grow the more common yellow crownshaft Baronii. I think there was a false narrative about these being more difficult here in SoCal because most the people that bought the large plants from Rancho Soledad watched them die (me included). Those plants came from Hawaii and were so root bound there was hardly any soil at all. Bad start for planting here. I think that was the issue more than the plants or growers themselves. The one I grew from a seedling from RarePalmSeed is in the ground and doing great. They just are not fast palms. Need time to root. 

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Len

Vista, CA (Zone 10a)

Shadowridge Area

"Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are."

-- Alfred Austin

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2 hours ago, LJG said:

Should be fine if you can grow the more common yellow crownshaft Baronii. I think there was a false narrative about these being more difficult here in SoCal because most the people that bought the large plants from Rancho Soledad watched them die (me included). Those plants came from Hawaii and were so root bound there was hardly any soil at all. Bad start for planting here. I think that was the issue more than the plants or growers themselves. The one I grew from a seedling from RarePalmSeed is in the ground and doing great. They just are not fast palms. Need time to root. 

Great - I have had good success with baronii over several years, so fingers crossed!

Ben Rogers

On the border of Concord & Clayton in the East Bay hills - Elev 387 ft 37.95 °N, 121.94 °W

My back yard weather station: http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/hdfForecast?query=37.954%2C-121.945&sp=KCACONCO37

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