Clayton's Dypsis pulifera

[Walter John]

Here 's the growth results of Dypsis pulifera aka "orange crush" after 10 to 15 years in sub tropical climate, with generous mulching. Multi planted with one of the resident Rottweillers for perspective.

[Walter John]

Approaching Utopia and down the main entrance road, you know that this is the Lord of the Rings of palm tree growers, at least for this neck of the woods.

[Walter John]

How about these wonderful Chamaedoreas, ah, I think that's what they are, I can't remember what Clayton said they were now..

Anyone care to confirm ID ? not a trick, I honestly don't recall what they are, very beautiful and short.

[Walter John]

High on the hill WAS the lonely goatherd, and you thought I was kidding..

[Kris]

Dear Wal

Nice stills,but are their more stills comming from this visit ?

Thanks & love,

Kris

[rthink]

Nice photos, Wal. Good to see what Clayton's world look like.

I want to take a guess on that Chamaedorea, I think it is geonomiformis.

[Gbarce]

The "Chamaedoreas", I think are actaually the blue Dypsis that Clayton mentions in his Mystery Dypsis thread.

[rthink]

I just checked out Clayton's another thread and yes ...that's a dypsis!! ...no wonder why clayton said we could be confused this species easily with Chamaedorea ...

[Joe palma]

I just checked out Clayton's another thread and yes ...that's a dypsis!! ...no wonder why clayton said we could be confused this species easily with Chamaedorea ...

Wow, neat looking Dypsis! Do we know what species it is and how tall they grow?

Looks like they can be tucked under other palms and plants quite nicely.

Joe

[LJG]

Sorry Wal, but I can't call his area "sub tropical climate" when I see Coconuts lining his driveway.

Here 's the growth results of Dypsis pulifera aka "orange crush" after 10 to 15 years in sub tropical climate, with generous mulching. Multi planted with one of the resident Rottweillers for perspective.

[ariscott]

Clayton's place is rather unique in my opinion. He can grow stuff that other people around him can't. It must be the position of his property or the microclimate!!! I love those, Clayton... remember me when you have some seedlings. We shall see whether it takes 10 years for me..

Regards, Ari

[gsn]

Actually most of south Florida falls under the description of sub tropical, NOT tropical.

Subtropical Florida

This physiographic area is entirely contained within Florida, and extends from the northern edge of Lake Okeechobee south through the Florida Keys. The region has very little topographic relief, but slight changes in elevation have important consequences for vegetation and the diversity of habitat types. The highest points of elevation are less than 2 meters and correspond with fairly recent shorelines (less than 5,000 years before present). Underlying sediments consist of freshwater marl, peat, freshwater lake and marine sediments, and to a lesser extent, sand deposited during the Pleistocene and Holocene.

They have tens of thousands of coconuts there!

Edited January 8, 2009 by gsn

[Walter John]

Dear Wal

Nice stills,but are their more stills comming from this visit ?

Thanks & love,

Kris

Okay Kris, I have just a couple more, I wasn't in my photo mood really.

I took pics of Clayton's Pinanga coronata plants in the nursery because of how happy and beautiful looking they were, I have never seen Pinanga so green and strong before. This is not an intended plug, I was really impressed with these. Do you have these Kris ?

Mmmm....dasyantha

[Walter John]

Two ultra slow growing Dypsis, we looked under the skirts and saw no red, some white though.

What were these Clayton ?

This was an impressive Heliconia clump, not all palms at Utopia.

[Walter John]

Here's a closer look at the bases of those puliferas.

[LJG]

Kind of looks like what is going around as Dypsis hovomantsina and Dypsis Sp. Green Boresy.

Two ultra slow growing Dypsis, we looked under the skirts and saw no red, some white though.

What were these Clayton ?

[Jeff Searle]

The palms in post #14 look like Dypsis hovomantsiana.

Jeff

[Walter John]

Dear Wal

Nice stills,but are their more stills comming from this visit ?

Thanks & love,

Kris

Especially for Kris, the Corypha Kid from Katmandu.

These pics have just flown in from Clayton's. Corypha umbraculifera in "Petiole my Petiole".

[Kris]

Dear Wal

thanks for the visuals and the corypha's in the above stills have brought be to my knees and i was worshipping them...in awe & wonder

And its becoming clearer as days go by that iam out & out a fan of the Coryphas & the phoenix.And in future if i can grow the double coconut & tahanis.i think iam done with my palm collection.and i must say weak looking plants has never caught my attention.its a indication that iam no palm conossiour.

When i see the heavy trunking palms or boaboabs,they give me visual delight as though iam watching bay-watch with caremen electra comming out from the sea or pool...

So Wal convey my thanks to dear clayton for that fentastic baby corypha taliera...with its yellow fronds looks like a super charged baby yellow latania

Thanks & Love,

Kris

[surferjr]

I'd be shocked if this was not Dypsis Hovomantsina Great close up Wal....wish we had a up close of Marcus's to compare!

[DoomsDave]

How about these wonderful Chamaedoreas, ah, I think that's what they are, I can't remember what Clayton said they were now..

Anyone care to confirm ID ? not a trick, I honestly don't recall what they are, very beautiful and short.

They look like C. ernest-augustii, though much darker green than I'm used to.

[aussiearoids]

They are an undescribed Dypsis sp. maybe it should be called D.chamadoreaoides.

Lovely Selaginella fern growing on the rocks .. its electric blue nearly makes the palm look green in comparison.