Dypsis onilahensis

[surferjr]

Was wondering how many of you out there have a Dypsis onilahensis in your collection.......this is a real jem of a palm!!

It's a simple grow, they're cold hardy, loves full sun and has a whitish blue trunk

Show us yours....although not a easy palm to take a picture of!!

[Daryl]

Mine has been a solid grower. This palm came out of a 6" pot 5 years ago and has already got seedlings growing under it. Tough as nails...took -1C without a spot! Has not been watered more than a dozen times since planting.

Daryl

[Eric in Orlando]

Here is the one at Leu Gardens

and one at my mom's house near downtown Orlando;

[ellidro]

Not much compared to the others but here's mine.

[surferjr]

Not much compared to the others but here's mine.

But soon to be one of the finest double trunking jems! Nice Palm!! :drool:

[MattyB]

Love this palm! Once they're a large 2 gallon size or bigger you can throw them into full sun and they start to speed up. Very tender and rainforest looking for such a tough palm.

[surferjr]

Love this palm! Once they're a large 2 gallon size or bigger you can throw them into full sun and they start to speed up. Very tender and rainforest looking for such a tough palm.

Omen....had a few plant in the shade in the earlier years of knowledge of this palm and they stood still had others in the full sun these ones rocked! :hmm:

[Alicehunter2000]

On my wish list........beautiful palms.

[Jeff Searle]

I currently have it growing in the yard and also the stiff leaf form, which actually does better for me and is growing in some shade. Sorry, no pictures to share though. You'll just have to trust me........

Jeff

[surferjr]

I currently have it growing in the yard and also the stiff leaf form, which actually does better for me and is growing in some shade. Sorry, no pictures to share though. You'll just have to trust me........

Jeff

Hi Jeff,

Maybe with your FL. heat you can get away with the shade, but out west this beauty needs the sun! Thing has now problems at all in 22F too??

Thanks for the tropical info on this species

Clark

[Walter John]

Okay, here's mine, like everyone else, one of my favorites.

Let's go in and check it out.

The droopy leaflets are one of the greatest aspects of all palms imo.

[joe_OC]

Can't have enough of these palms...I have three of them at present. They are all small and will go into the ground next spring:

Left to Right: upright form, fast growing/suckering form, weeping form

[surferjr]

Okay, here's mine, like everyone else, one of my favorites.

Let's go in and check it out.

The droopy leaflets are one of the greatest aspects of all palms imo.

This thing is massive How tall is this Wal? Hard to tell in the picture.

[surferjr]

Can't have enough of these palms...I have three of them at present. They are all small and will go into the ground next spring:

Left to Right: upright form, fast growing/suckering form, weeping form

"Can't have enough of these palms" I ditto that!!

Is the center one a OLO?

[Gtlevine]

Here is mine, it is in extreemely hot and harsh conditions and loves it.

Gary

[freakypalmguy]

Hi Gary, Is that in full baking sun all day? I'm trying to figure out how much they will take. I have no canopy yet and wondering if it would take my Temecula extremes (90 - 100+ in the summer) in full sun.

Matt

[surferjr]

Here is mine, it is in extreemely hot and harsh conditions and loves it.

Gary

Gary you've got the perfect yard for going this heat seekers.......you bastard!

[surferjr]

Hi Gary, Is that in full baking sun all day? I'm trying to figure out how much they will take. I have no canopy yet and wondering if it would take my Temecula extremes (90 - 100+ in the summer) in full sun.

Matt

Don't worry a bit......they're not tender!

Plant it when the ground warms up in April!

[Gtlevine]

Matt, Clark is correct, very tough palm. Mine pictured was planted six years ago as a 15 gallon plant just beginning to show trunk. It was planted strait into full sun from morning to night, not so much as a leaf overhead. It is also planted against a rock which intensifies the heat. My summer temps are consistently 90F in the summer with occasional temps to 100F. It has seen 27F one night in the 2007 freeze with no leaf damage so it has some cold hardiness as well. Temecula is even a little warmer than Escondido where I live, but I think it should do fine. I do deep soak it twice a week, so give it good drainage and plenty of water.

Gary

[brodklop]

Hey Wal, save us some of those Vietchia seed. What one is it. By the way your onilahensis looks good

[Walter John]

Hey Wal, save us some of those Vietchia seed. What one is it. By the way your onilahensis looks good

They're all yours Brod. Why not pop over soon and try and gauge how long before they'll be ready. The palms in the pic I bought as V.mcdanielsii, known source of seed from a Cairns garden, that's all I'm saying. nudge nudge, wink wink.

[MASOALA JASON]

Gary, your D. onilahensis looks like it is growing in situ; the location of this photo could be easily be mistaken for Isalo! Well, that is if the irrigation lines and red-tiled roof were edited out

[Walter John]

Gary, your D. onilahensis looks like it is growing in situ; the location of this photo could be easily be mistaken for Isalo! Well, that is if the irrigation lines and red-tiled roof were edited out

agree.

[Walter John]

This thing is massive How tall is this Wal? Hard to tell in the picture.

Only about a 7 footer I would say.

[surferjr]

Was wondering how many of you out there have a Dypsis onilahensis in your collection.......this is a real jem of a palm!!

It's a simple grow, they're cold hardy, loves full sun and has a whitish blue trunk

Show us yours....although not a easy palm to take a picture of!!

Is this all that's out there??

[Tyrone]

Was wondering how many of you out there have a Dypsis onilahensis in your collection.......this is a real jem of a palm!!

It's a simple grow, they're cold hardy, loves full sun and has a whitish blue trunk

Show us yours....although not a easy palm to take a picture of!!

Does everyone agree that this picture is actually D onilahensis? What is the concensus? If it is, then I've just been able to identify two mystery palms in my collection. surferjr, Has this one grown like a bullet from a gun for you? It looks just like mine which are incredibly fast for any Dypsis.

Best regards

Tyrone

[Tyrone]

Mine has been a solid grower. This palm came out of a 6" pot 5 years ago and has already got seedlings growing under it. Tough as nails...took -1C without a spot! Has not been watered more than a dozen times since planting.

Daryl

Daryl, that's a real beauty. Actually everything in your garden is awesome.

Best regards

Tyrone

[Palmzilla]

not sure what type this one is, but I believe its the weeping form. The trunk n crown are super super waxy white

[Peter]

Ok, I had to do this. Here's my 4 yr. old onilahensis, still barely 1 foot tall. At this rate, I should be about 110 before it gets to the size of some of others in this thread. I've switched to growing the upright version which is supposed to be faster.

[MattyB]

Tyrone, I think that Surferjr's palm is D. onilahensis for sure.

Palmzilla, I think you're pops' is too. Awesome palms.

Peter, what the heck are you doing wrong? ahah just joking. So, 4 years old from seed? That would be about right. If not, then I wonder if it's not getting enough heat or bright light. I'll try and get a pic of mine that is about 3-1/2 years old from a 1 leafer. It's now in the ground, in full all day sun, and filled out the bottom of a 5 gallon pot with roots. It's not tall at all but the base was about 1-1/2" wide at the bottom, and it's throwing the beginings of new spears before the previous one is all the way open, to give you an example of how it's picking up in speed. You're palm is really cool looking though, even though it's small.

[Peter]

I wish that was 4 yrs from seed; I planted it out as a small 1g, now it's a medium 1g. In fairness to the oni, I did move it last year from a more shaded spot into full sun; didn't skip a beat, but didn't speed up any either. And being in Woodland Hills, lack of heat is not an issue. I know Mark Gammel has had one in the ground for about 8 years, and it's only about 4' tall-sounds like I got it's clone.

[MattyB]

The leaflets look pretty close together and I wouldn't say it looks stretched by any means. Mabye you've got a different form. It does look very weepy, which is the best looking kind in my opinion. I've seen some that are just sorta weepy, not completely droopy, like a Euterpe precatoria for example.

I see that you've got a colocasia next to it so obviously it's a spot that's well watered. How wet is it? These can handle some relatively dry conditions. Does that planter have good drainage? I know heavy wet soil can slow some palms down when they're young. It looks healthy. You must have the super rare dwarf form.

[surferjr]

Ok, I had to do this. Here's my 4 yr. old onilahensis, still barely 1 foot tall. At this rate, I should be about 110 before it gets to the size of some of others in this thread. I've switched to growing the upright version which is supposed to be faster.

Hey Peter,

Looks to soon be a jem.....how many trunks does it have? The more trunks the slower! I would not but you can thin it!

What the sun exposure too?

Best,

clark

[surferjr]

not sure what type this one is, but I believe its the weeping form. The trunk n crown are super super waxy white

This one seem really full, might be the picture Also is it waxy or powdery, should be much like graphite?

best,

clark

[Peter]

3 trunks, full inland sun. Variegation courtesy of the painters this summer.

[Tyrone]

I have one that looks identical to Peter's palm which grows at the rate his does, and I have two fast growing robust things like surferjr's which almost look like another species altogether which grow like lightening bolts in comparison. One of my fast ones has stayed solitary. I should post some pics.

Best regards

Tyrone

[surferjr]

I wish that was 4 yrs from seed; I planted it out as a small 1g, now it's a medium 1g. In fairness to the oni, I did move it last year from a more shaded spot into full sun; didn't skip a beat, but didn't speed up any either. And being in Woodland Hills, lack of heat is not an issue. I know Mark Gammel has had one in the ground for about 8 years, and it's only about 4' tall-sounds like I got it's clone.

I would think if you had it in the ground for 3-4 years and had not moved it! Mulched it heaps..it's about to take off like a ROCKET :drool:

They need to get set it a place in the sun and than start growing with 3-4 leafs a year, and 8" spacing between leafs. Tall fast!

When this happens, it's like hello now I know what everyone who's seen them is saying....AWESOME PALM!!!

[SubTropicRay]

I will have to look at picking one of these up. This is one that appears to actually grow here.

[Tampa Scott]

Here is a picture of the one I have. It is in a shady location receiving very little sun.

[Gileno Machado]

Dypsis onilahensis in São Paulo, BR, now fruiting: