Cyrtostachys renda "orange form"

[Gileno Machado]

A friend and collector in Rio de janeiro has a nice Lipstick that shows a distinguish orange hue, instead of the common deep red. I guess this palm came from SE Asia as a seedling. Is anyone else growing this variety? Or is it maybe another species?

By the way, the Encyclopedia of cultivated Palms (Riffle and Craft's) mentions the existence of 9 species of Cyrtostachys but I've never heard from anyone in this board about the other 7, or seen pictures, except renda and elegans. Among them, the book describes C. glauca, kisu, loriae and peekeliana. Anyone has pictures of these other species? Thanks.

[Gileno Machado]

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[Gileno Machado]

detail again

[Gileno Machado]

Other regular Cyrtostachys renda, for comparison:

[Gbarce]

there was a thread a couple of months back by one of our Thai forum members of all the color variations found in thailand. it was by rthink or jakkrit i think.

i'll try to seach it and bump it up

[rozpalm]

Very cool looking c. renda.

[rthink]

Gileno,

That's a cultivar form of C.renda. This form should have red new leaves as well. I used to post some pictures of other forms a while ago on this board.

[bgl]

Gileno,

I don't have any of the orange ones. Just doesn't appeal to me! As far as I'm concerned a C. renda should have as much red color as possible! And instead of adding photos of other Cyrtostachys species here (where people may not necessarily look for them), I'm starting a new thread.

Bo-Göran

[ariscott]

If only I can find some of those... I can plant them in between my red ones... Wouldn't that be good in 10 years or so, when they are mature. Red, Orange, Red, Orange, Red. Better yet, if I can find variegated ones....

Regards, Ari

Edited July 4, 2008 by ariscott

[Gileno Machado]

Thanks for the information folks.

I agree with Bo that the regullar red ones are much more appealing...well, I wouldn't mind having a few orange ones anyway...at least until the Dypsis orange crush small seedlings (that I got from our president) start showing up their crownshaft here too...

[Kris]

Dear brother Gileno

As Dear Bo Goran has said even iam a lover of that sealing wax palm in dark red color...only that specimen iam trying to grow here in south india...

But as Dear rthink said some lipstiks even putout red coloured leaves_WoW,i wish to see that beauty...Now i think i have a reason to have sleepless night from now on..

lots of love,

Kris

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[fiji jim]

I agree with Ari here and would love to have a line-up of the different colors with these yellow/gold ones as well.

Jim