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One magnificent Dypsis

quaman58

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quaman58 Grand Master

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Hey all, I posted this poem once or twice over the years. But as it gets bigger and bigger, it just needs an update. It was purchased eight or nine years ago from a backyard grower as Dypsis decipiens. My neighbor and I thought it looked a bit odd, as its leaves were really stretched. But initially, we thought maybe it was just greenhouse grown or something. It split early on, and is relatively fast. Maintains a magnificent white, wax colored trunk and has these awesome stiff, recurved leaves. The last time I posted this two or three years ago, a number of people around the planet shared pictures of theirs that were no doubt the same plant. So I have my doubts about it being a hybrid. This thing has to be close to flowering, so maybe will find out more about it in the not too distant future. But in my “quest for the perfect palm“, this one’s hard to top. Feel free to weigh in with guesses, pictures pr other input!

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"In the shadow of the Cross"

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I’ll grab one in the morning Darold; it’s in a very “junglely” part of the yard and the light has to be right or it’s just a sea of green!

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"In the shadow of the Cross"

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2 hours ago, Darold Petty said:

Bret, step back a ways, we need a full monty shot, thanks

 

1 hour ago, quaman58 said:

I’ll grab one in the morning Darold; it’s in a very “junglely” part of the yard and the light has to be right or it’s just a sea of green!

Give us warning so we can take a nice deep breath before we scream obscenities!

Hyperventilating now over the pictures you’ve posted so far!

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2 hours ago, Darold Petty said:

Bret, step back a ways, we need a full monty shot, thanks

This!!

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Bret, that is a beauty! The trunk and crown are quite showy. You usually get one or the other. 

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Very nice! I have no idea what it is but it looks like D. lutescens on steroids, at least what I can see from the pics. Maybe a related palm or even a hybrid with D. lutescens?

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That’s a great looking palm!  Really really nice!  Do you also have pictures of it when it was small / first bought / planted?  I have some thoughts but will hold off on commenting til I see more photos hopefully. 

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Here’s a picture from the street; in full disclosure, it’s actually next door… Our gardens just sort of merge together.

 

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3 hours ago, ruskinPalms said:

Very nice! I have no idea what it is but it looks like D. lutescens on steroids, at least what I can see from the pics. Maybe a related palm or even a hybrid with D. lutescens?

It’s much bigger. I thought originally a hybrid of something like decipiens x onilihensis. But as I mentioned, the same palm seems to be floating around in various places.

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Jason, I had a fellow palm geek (very knowledgeable) tell me a few years ago “yeah, that palm came in as onilihensis from Floribunda a few years ago”. And years ago, a palm talker posted an identical palm that he’d purchased as “red decipiens” from Floribunda. (Stevo from Urban Rainforest). It also split and had the waxy trunk.

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She’s a beauty- the Tubes totally tubular

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Chris, not that I can find. The leaves were much longer and less stiff than D. decipiens, which is what it was sold as

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"In the shadow of the Cross"

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Looks a lot like Dypsis sp. bef although not sure I’ve seen one with that girth, it’s a beast! 

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My initial thought is it could be one of the Dypsis Ambositrae variations that was going around several years ago.  I had a couple of these in my Fallbrook garden that I called "Stiff leaf Ambositrae".  When young, they could look like a "Decipiens with longer leaves" so since you mentioned that, it made me think of those.  I could also see how a backyard grower could mix up one of those stiff leaved Ambositrae for a Decipiens.  

Tim's comment above though made me consider Sp Bef.  While they are usually very slow for california, everyone once in awhile it seems like some faster / beefier ones came around.  I know BS Man has a really beefy solitary Bef in his front yard.  

Regardless, its an amazing looking palm and I would agree that it's up there when it comes to the Perfect Palm! 

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Oh LAWD thats a beauty

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On 10/9/2021 at 6:53 PM, quaman58 said:

 

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On 10/13/2021 at 4:43 PM, Hilo Jason said:

My intial thought is it could be one of the Dypsis Ambositrae variations that was going around several years ago.  I had a couple of these in my Fallbrook garden that I called "Stiff leaf Ambositrae". 

Jason, I can see why you were thinking a very stiff leafed form of Dypsis ambositrae.  Neither of my D ambositrae have split though,   On the Dypsis bef, from what I can see of mine, it has more of a "kangaroo brown" coloring on the top of the crownshaft and petiole base.  Bret's photo at the top of the thread has more of the reddish brown similar to Dypsis leptocheilos in coloring but not as fuzzy.

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Ficus Dammaropsis looking nice as well.  How are the roots on the Schiziolobium?

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