Dypsis Heteromorpha

[ellidro]

Looking at some close ups of Daryl's Dypsis sp. 215 in another post really got me thinking. Here's a few pics of one of my Dypsis heteromorpha with the same fuzzy rust colored tomentum that Dary's sp. 215 has. I think both are in the Baronii complex and I could certainly see the Heteromorpha growing up to be the same plant. Any thoughts??

[LJG]

Nice, I never thought this plant would turn into what yours is. I have never seen a Baronii type have that teddy fuzz. Has anyone else?

Where did you get the Dypsis heteromorpha?

[ellidro]

Nice, I never thought this plant would turn into what yours is. I have never seen a Baronii type have that teddy fuzz. Has anyone else?

Where did you get the Dypsis heteromorpha?

JD Anderson. I think the larger they get the more fuzzy they get. Of course the biggest I have is 5g so who knows what it may turn into in a few years.

[Neofolis]

Mine is a similar size and has the brown, fuzzy tomentum. I remember MattyB, I think posting a picture of his a while ago, which was slightly larger. He was posting about the great crownshaft colour and I don't recall mention of the tomentum, but maybe he can contribute here. I was looking at mine not long ago thinking, maybe it's a Teddy Bear, but the leaflets are not Teddy Bear like and the colour at the base of the petioles is totally wrong, so I assume it is correctly identified. Unfortunately I don't have any close up pictures showing the tomentum, but I will take one, if I get a chance.

[Walter John]

My decaryi has reddish fuzz,

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is anyone there ?

[John in Andalucia]

My decaryi has reddish fuzz,

hello

is anyone there ?

I love my little D. decaryii's. What other palm shows such big palm attributes in such a short space of time? Red base, speckled stem, all in just a few summer months!

[MattyB]

Nick, what the heck do you have there? That looks just like my D. heteromorphas but none of mine have any remarkable amount of fuzz! Funny you mention this too, because I thought Daryl's 215 had the same leaflet arrangement as my heteromorphas but in no way do they look like the same crownshafts. Yours is way cool! Also, now that mine are in the sun they loose all of the color. Jerry's dosen't really have any color in it if you remember seeing his in Hawaii.

[Daryl]

It does bear some resemblance, but we are talking Dypsis here...

My 215s had furry petioles from seed. Also the leaves are semi-glaucous. Maybe a variation of this species?

Daryl

[ellidro]

I have three Dypsis heteromorpha's ranging from 2g to 5g and all get 4-5 hours of sun. They all still have tons of color and varying amounts of fuzz. The 5g is suckering but the 2g's are solitary. I do remember seeing Jerry's and at the time it still had color but I don't remember if it had the fuzz. Here's a link to Jerry's palm. If you keep clicking on the pic it will zoom in and you can see it has some color and fuzz.

http://www.palmpedia.net/wiki/index.php/D._heteromorpha

[MattyB]

I stand corrected. I've gotta go take a closer look and pic of mine now. Standby.

[deezpalms]

Que interesante!!

Now I have to go home and check mine fer fuzz!!!

[MattyB]

One gallon planted out last year.

One gallon planted out last year.

This 5 gallon is acclimating to full 3/4 day inland sun so it's not pushing any crownshaft right now, just more compact leaves.

5 gallon in full sun

[deezpalms]

I spy a little patch o' fuzz brutha!!