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Central Floridave

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And, it’s a twofer.  The ptychosperma looking one is about 15 years old. It started as a clumper but only one stem survived.  Set seed for first time.  Source was a local plant sale.  2nd, the Dypsis was from floribunda but he didn’t have a name for it at the time. Age probably ten or 15. Super slow grower. Almost forgot about it until it flared up a red frond. I’ve got a couple more planted and they are dirt slow in my yard.   Thanks in advance.  

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I won't venture a guess on the Dypsis.  You didn't mention if your Ptychosperma throws new red fronds so I'm assuming not.  Otherwise I would guess P. waitianum or P. burretianum based on its appearance, clustering habit and black fruit.  It does not look like P. schefferi although according to Palmpedia it is rated as 9b which would make it cold hardy to your area and clustering with black fruit.  Other possibilities are P. ambiguum and P. lineare.  Hopefully someone with more familiarity can chime in.

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Jon Sunder

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Your Dypsis looks like the thing that is sometimes called ‘dark mealybug’ or ‘ovobontsira’ but last time I checked the ID hadn’t been officially confirmed. 
 

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Tim Brisbane

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11 hours ago, Central Floridave said:

Thnx.  Ptychosperma does have new red fronds.  It was a clumper when first planted but the side stems eventually died and now just single stem. 

Makes sense.  That narrows it down to P. waitianum or P. burretianum.  I don't know the specific details of distinguishing between the two but hopefully someone more knowledgeable can help.

Jon Sunder

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Based on the wider leaflets and dark stem color, my guess is Dypsis 'dark mealy bug.' 

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Kim Cyr

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