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Dypsis Pembana

TimHopper

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Dypsis Pembana...I have a few of these ground planted now. I got them as two leaf seedlings from Jeff at Floribunda. Here are some  photos of ten months of growth of my container grown one. Tim

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and the offset just sprouting.......

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and current photos of the same plant

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Tim Hopper

St Augustine Florida

timhoppers@gmail.com

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Gtlevine Grand Master

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Wow!, that is fast growth, and the palm is stunning. I never knew D. Pembana was this pretty of a palm, I have got to get a few of them.

Gary

Rock Ridge Ranch

South Escondido

5 miles ENE Rancho Bernardo

33.06N 117W, Elevation 971 Feet

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SunnyFl Mentor

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Very, very nice - really like the trunk.

How tall will the pembana get?

St. Pete

Zone - a wacked-out place between 9b & 10

Elevation = 44' - not that it does any good

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bgl Grand Master

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Sunny,

According to POM, the stems will be 4-12 m. tall (12m=40 ft), and adding the crown, a mature individual is probably going to be around 50-55 ft tall. My tallest one is about 35 ft right now. It was planted in 1996 from a 5G pot and I'm estimating it was about 6-7 years old at that time. In other words, to reach 50-55 ft we're probably looking at 20-25 years from germination. Assuming an individual begins to trunk 3 years after germination (which would certainly be considered quick), and to reach that height in 20 years, that's roughly 2.5 ft of new trunk per year. That's pretty good.

Bo-Göran

Leilani Estates, 25 mls/40 km south of Hilo, Big Island of Hawai'i. Elevation 880 ft/270 m. Average rainfall 140 inches/3550 mm

 

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DoomsDave Grand Master

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Palmgo LIKE Dypsis pembana, even better than beans and cigars!

Look for a bunch of crazy men roaming the countryside with that buggy-eyed look, in search of D P . . . .

Me among them.

dave

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I planted one in June from a 7g pot.  When I potted it up from a 2g to a 7g, there were roots coming out the drain holes of the 7g pot about 4-6 weeks after moving it!  If anything it's sped up in the ground and I think it will handle full sun when it grows through the temporary banana canopy.   So far I'd say it's definitely a winner.  We'll see what winter does to it.  

Matt

San Diego

0.6 Acres of a south facing, gently sloped dirt pile, soon to be impenetrable jungle

East of Mount Soledad, in the biggest cold sink in San Diego County.

Zone 10a (I hope), Sunset 24

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MattyB Grand Master

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My mom's 2 gallon is handling 1st half of the day full sun.  It's in a pot and she only waters once or twice a week no matter how hot it is.  Mine handled being dug up put back into a pot last winter with only older leaf burn.  It's now back in the ground and jammin'.  If you can, grow this palm, you'll like it!

Matt Bradford

"Manambe Lavaka"

Spring Valley, CA (8.5 miles inland from San Diego Bay)

10B on the hill (635 ft. elevation)

9B in the canyon (520 ft. elevation)

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Growing like a weed.

Tampa, Interbay Peninsula, Florida, USA

subtropical USDA Zone 10A

Bokeelia, Pine Island, Florida, USA

subtropical USDA Zone 10B

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I need a D. pembana fix!

Wow, super nice palm and incredible growth.

Really glad to hear of a palm that grows that fast.

Well....I've always been crazy :P .... and after looking at the pics, my eyes are popped out.....soooo....."come out, come out little pembana....come out where ever you are!......." :laugh:

Joe Dombrowski

Discovery Island Palms Nursery

San Marcos, CA

"grow my little palm tree, grow!"

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I think Dypsis Pembana are going to be really popular among collectors. They are very nice looking, and a fast easy grow. I'm not so sure that there is a solitary form. Mine have all typically grown an offset when the trunk base caliper reached about two inches. I have seen photos of single Pembana, but I wonder if that is a result of growing conditions. Tim

Tim Hopper

St Augustine Florida

timhoppers@gmail.com

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Tyrone Grand Master

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Nice pics. I think these may be the next big thing. I just planted one yesterday from a 300mm pot with a base around 80mm across. These pics are inspiring. They get thru our winter real easy here, even opening new fronds during winter. Not bad for a palm from 5 degrees South.

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Tyrone

Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

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Nice, fast grow :) Does somebody can tell me what the lowest tempeture he can got ? To germinated this palm, is that easy of must you wait a lot of months ?

Greetz robbin

Southwest

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(Exotic Life @ Sep. 15 2006,11:14)

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Nice, fast grow :) Does somebody can tell me what the lowest tempeture he can got ? To germinated this palm, is that easy of must you wait a lot of months ?

Greetz robbin

Easy germiantion, much like lutescens. Will probably survive close to 0C but will burn when young. Again, much like lutescens. I wouldn't think frost hardy at all.

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Tyrone

Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

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Walter John Grand Master

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Come on moose, you're unearthing these great threads and not adding anything.

Do you have any pembana and if so how about a pic.

Happy Gardening

Cheers,

Wal

Queensland, Australia.

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DoomsDave Grand Master

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Hmm.

This week on "Dypsis pembana Revisited:"

Two Palmers, sitting down to tea in the er, lush surroundings of Dave's estate, with servants hovering in the shadows:

"Well, I've found Dypsis pembana to be an enormous disappointment."

"Why?"

"It hates the sun, grows slow, and croaks easily."

"Perhaps you're being a bit hysterical? Have you considered therapy . . . . ."

"I've grown more than ten of them."

"Oh."

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Jeff Searle Grand Master

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Come on moose, you're unearthing these great threads and not adding anything.

Do you have any pembana and if so how about a pic.

Wal,

hey... it's a terrific break from all those Jubea, jubeabutia, JubeaX syagrus, Jubea X syagrus X jubeopsis, jubeX jellybeans, parajubea,etc. threads. :lol:

Jeff

Searle Brothers Nursery Inc.

and The Rainforest Collection.

Southwest Ranches,Fl.

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osideterry Grand Master

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No one ever posts photos of pembanas of any size on this forum. Are they that new to cultivation?

I've seen maybe two images of tall ones by doing google image searches. I want to see one with a few feet of trunk.

Zone 9b/10a, Sunset Zone 22

7 miles inland. Elevation 120ft (37m)

Average annual low temp: 30F (-1C)

Average annual rainfall: 8" (20cm)

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DoomsDave Grand Master

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No one ever posts photos of pembanas of any size on this forum. Are they that new to cultivation?

I've seen maybe two images of tall ones by doing google image searches. I want to see one with a few feet of trunk.

I don't know about anyone else, but I'm having a hard time getting them to grow to any size . . . .

Let's keep our forum fun and friendly.

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Matt in SD Veteran

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The pembana I mentioned in the old post above did great. Here are a couple photos from last fall, it's added two rings of trunk since then (~2 feet of clear trunk now). This is the only pembana I've grown...maybe I got lucky. It's fatter than it looks in these photos, the base is about 8" thick.

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San Diego

0.6 Acres of a south facing, gently sloped dirt pile, soon to be impenetrable jungle

East of Mount Soledad, in the biggest cold sink in San Diego County.

Zone 10a (I hope), Sunset 24

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MattyB Grand Master

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Here's my Mom's that I refered to earlier in this thread.

It's funky lookin'. It's in a wierd spot that gets no sun in fall and winter but half day full sun in spring and summer. So it's constantly battling a shade grown leaf vs. a sun grown leaf. Back and forth it goes. Maybe it'll get used to it as it gets older. It is suckering as you can see.

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Matt Bradford

"Manambe Lavaka"

Spring Valley, CA (8.5 miles inland from San Diego Bay)

10B on the hill (635 ft. elevation)

9B in the canyon (520 ft. elevation)

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Moose Grand Master

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Come on moose, you're unearthing these great threads and not adding anything.

Do you have any pembana and if so how about a pic.

Sorry Wal - it was dark out when I posted.

Photo #1 glaucous crownshaft

Photo #2 overall view of palm

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

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Al in Kona

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Seems people are interested in seeing photos of Dypsis pembana so I will post a few pics here showing my one plant (clumping form) growing in the garden. I have posted a couple of these some time ago in another thread but here goes anyway.

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Hawaii Island (Big Island), leeward coast, 19 degrees N. latitude, south Kona mauka at approx. 380m (1,250 ft.) and about 1.6 km (1-mile) upslope from ocean.

 

No record of a hurricane passing over this island (yet!).  

Summer maximum rainfall - variable averaging 900-1150mm (35-45") - Perfect drainage on black volcanic rocky soil.  

Nice sunsets!

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osideterry Grand Master

osideterry

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That's what I'm talkin' bout! Those mildly droopy leaflets are a trip, and the trunk classic Dypsis. I have three about 5 gallon size, and am bent on getting at least one to make it here.

Zone 9b/10a, Sunset Zone 22

7 miles inland. Elevation 120ft (37m)

Average annual low temp: 30F (-1C)

Average annual rainfall: 8" (20cm)

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