Another "real" Dypsis ambositrae

[Billeb]

13 minutes ago, richnorm said:

Yes,  leaves were perfect in all cases, even the spear looks ok but just stops moving.  I think it was possibly already dead in this photo.  After a while you get suspicious and then that sickening feeling as the spear slides out!  I always try H2O2 but it rarely works.

Rich, I have a Rhopalastylis that pulled a spear and I did the peroxide treatment. After nearly 8 months I’ve got positive growth and it looks like it may recover.  I was told the plant looked to be planted too low and the heal was under grade. This may be the reason your Ambositrae met it’s demise as it also has a heal obviously.  Definite sickening feeling when you get a spear pull. Hate it…

-dale 

[deezpalms]

On 8/7/2013 at 3:13 PM, Brahea Axel said:

Still trying to figure this out, but if I understand right, there are three dypsis that go under the name 'ambositrae':

 

1) dypsis ambositrae 'plumosa' now renamed dypsis plumosa, chocolate brown when juvenile and plumose

2) dypsis ambositrae, the real ambositrae that grows like a weed, named properly by Dransfield and co.

3) dypsis ambositrae 'kidreo' that a few collectors are now calling the "true ambositrae"

 

So I am really curious, why confuse the whole world by introducing yet another dypsis that isn't actually an ambositrae, but came in labeled as 'kidreo'? Jeff Marcus is selling 2) as ambositrae, the seeds come from Madagascar and it's a real nice decent growing fast and easy dypsis that really has tremendous potential as a palm for non-collectors. 2) really looks nothing like decipiens, although there is now talk of it being found in other locations which happens to also be where decipiens grow.

 

All in all, 2) is a dynamite plant for Norcal.

I agree with this

[Brad52]

Dunno know if mine's 'real' or not, no red at all and has produced a few leaves in the year+ I've had it.

[Brad52]

Does the apparent lack of red on the petioles suggest then, that this might not be D ambositrae?