Dypsis bejofo

[bgl]

Jeff Marcus, who recently returned from a trip to Madagascar with Dr. John Dransfield, asked me to post these photos on his behalf. This is the true Dypsis bejofo, as described in Palms of Madagascar.

[BS Man about Palms]

AAwesome! Thanks to Jeff, the expedition, and Bo!

[ellidro]

Bo,

Did Jeff say whether he thought his Plumose Bejofo was the palm as the one he saw in Habitat?

[JEFF from Trabuco Canyon CA]

I glad to see Jeff decided to put some on Palmtalk. I hope he sends you many more to share with us!

JEFF

[paulgila]

that is spectacular! please pass on our thanks to jeff for sharing with us!

[surferjr]

Jeff Marcus, who recently returned from a trip to Madagascar with Dr. John Dransfield, asked me to post these photos on his behalf. This is the true Dypsis bejofo, as described in Palms of Madagascar.

Hello Bo,

BS, Ron Lawyer, Stevo, Pogo and many others, plant your monster in the open and stand back! :drool:

As I've said this beauty looks to be the bomb of our gardens!

Yahooo,

clark

[Urban Rainforest]

Bo, Thanks for posting those awesome pics of the true Bejofo in habitat. What a find . I need to for sure plant one of those in Hawaii! Hopefully Jeff will allow you to post more pics of his epic journey.

Stevo

[neoflora]

Bo, Is this the same as your palms? Or does it look similar?

[Gtlevine]

Awesome palm.

Thanks Bo, I hope you have more photos to post from Marcus trip.

Gary

[bgl]

These are all the photos Jeff sent me, but I will check with him if he wants to post any more. And (Ron) no, we don't have the true D. bejofo in our garden. Judging by the specimen at Floribunda, my impression is that the Dypsis bejofo and the Dypsis sp. bejofa are quite different looking palms.

I had a request to post the photo of the one at Floribunda, so here it is. (I have asked Jeff to confirm that he really believes this to be the same palm as the ones above, but havn't heard from him yet).

[neoflora]

Bo, This palm looks different to me than the ones in your garden

[bgl]

And that's exactly what I said in the post above!

[Walter John]

Here is the picture of the true species as a seedling, photo courtesy of Bill, moved by request.

[Daryl]

Bo, any in-habitat photos of young plants?

Daryl

[Paul The Palm Doctor!]

Bo, any in-habitat photos of young plants?

Daryl

Yikes, the seedlings I planted from rarepalmseeds.com don't look like the photos at all. Maybe itt's our lousy soil here peoduced mutants???

Thanks for the look-see anyway!

Paul

[Jeff Searle]

Jeff,

You look like your in your glory, I know the feeling well. It's good to see you "got your feet wet" overthere. I hope you'll share some pictures of the trip. Were these pictures taken up river near Sahavary from Maroantsetra ?

Bo,

Thanks for providing this good information from Jeff. If you get the chance, see if he can answer my question, maybe.

Jeff

[John Dransfield]

I may be stealing Jeff's thunder. The photos were taken on a day trip we did to Analalafa, inland from Mahavelona. Analalafa is a fragment of highly disturbed lowland forest and may indicate what used to cover the huge destroyed areas of lowlands near Toamasina. Missouri Botanical Garden is implementing the setting up of Analalafa as a reserve, which is brilliant as there is a truly astonishing number of interesting palms here. So far twenty six different species have been recorded. Prior to our visit, Dypsis bejofo was not known to occur here so it was really exciting to see it. This locality is now the southernmost locality for D. bejofo in Madagascar. Incidentally, the individual we saw is quite short - in untouched forest, this can be a real whopper with stems up to 20 m or more tall, and visible from the air.

John

[BS Man about Palms]

I will say the pic of my seedling shows some weak/old leaves. Thats because I decided to leave it out side for the first six months or so I had it. (that was for several winter months!) As seedling size this has already survived 36F!. Now I keep it in my green house.

[surferjr]

These are all the photos Jeff sent me, but I will check with him if he wants to post any more. And (Ron) no, we don't have the true D. bejofo in our garden. Judging by the specimen at Floribunda, my impression is that the Dypsis bejofo and the Dypsis sp. bejofa are quite different looking palms.

I had a request to post the photo of the one at Floribunda, so here it is. (I have asked Jeff to confirm that he really believes this to be the same palm as the ones above, but havn't heard from him yet).

Bo,

We’ve been going over this for a while now, and the only D. Bejofa that’s been photographed to date that resemble my membrane seed palm stock, acquired from 3 sources. is this palm pictured above. Clearly a whitish blue with upright fine leafs, much like a the trunk of a sizable Clinostigma savoryana Bonin palm as far as white. But the leafs are bluer much like a Bizmarkia.

Only thing that gets me is there not as slow as so many other palms I have, maybe they like my organics …And although I don’t know how old my seeds were when they arrived, some have germinated in 2-3 weeks. In the past I’ve had seed stock that only 4-5% germinated.

By the way, I think Jeff is down in the wine cellar decanting a 1st growth claret!

All the best,

clark

[bgl]

Just had a brief phone conversation with Jeff. He confirms that the seedlings underneath the mature Dypsis bejofo (post #1) are identical to the D. bejofo seedlings that Jeff grew, and the palm in post # 10 came from one of those seedlings. Jeff is still in the process of sorting out his photos from the trip but mentioned that he hopes to have a photo of the volunteer seedlings available soon. To be posted here.

[Gtlevine]

It is amazing how beautiful the adult Bejofo is, yet the juveniles are no where near as nice as the Bejofa juveniles. I will be curious to see what the Bejofa will look like when it gets twenty foot of trunk.

Gary

[surferjr]

Jeff Marcus, who recently returned from a trip to Madagascar with Dr. John Dransfield, asked me to post these photos on his behalf. This is the true Dypsis bejofo, as described in Palms of Madagascar.

Just was in the garden and took pictures of some of the 8 month old and new seedlings....notice how bluish/grey the trunks are!

8 month old

bluish/grey

new seedlings 4 weeks to germinate

They are clearly a standout even at the 8 month old size in my nursery!

Best,

clark

[bgl]

Just received this photo from Jeff Marcus, and he asked me to add it to this thread with his comment:

"D.bejofo - these were the seedlings under the tree..this shows the fine leaf as true D.bejofo is as an eophyll.."

[BS Man about Palms]

Seemed obvious to me which was which, but its nice to have it confirmed. Thanks Bo and Jeff!

[tropicalb]

i'm confused......

so are we saying that this seed (Post #1):

and this seed (Post #22):

and the resulting plants from both are one and the same?????

[gsn]

i'm confused......

so are we saying that this seed (Post #1):

and this seed (Post #22):

and the resulting plants from both are one and the same?????

Tropicalb,

You ask TOUGH questions.

Waiting patiently to see what the dypsis experts have to say on this one?

Beautiful palm ,thanks for sharing the pics Jeff!

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Edited December 8, 2008 by gsn

[tropicalb]

Tropicalb,

You ask TOUGH questions.

Waiting patiently to see what the dypsis experts have to say on this one?

Beautiful palm ,thanks for sharing the pics Jeff!

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i must be missing something here........somebody clue me in.

[bgl]

I don't have any answers - I'm just posting photos! And Jeff just informed me that the Dypsis bejofo photos above were taken in the Analalafa Forest. Will shortly begin a new thread with photos from Madagascar.

[tropicalb]

always ready for more pics from Mad bo.......let's go!!!!

thanks!

[BS Man about Palms]

Tropicalb,

You ask TOUGH questions.

Waiting patiently to see what the dypsis experts have to say on this one?

Beautiful palm ,thanks for sharing the pics Jeff!

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i must be missing something here........somebody clue me in.

Burt, unless there is something well hidden, your answer I would guess is yes!

[surferjr]

Tropicalb,

You ask TOUGH questions.

Waiting patiently to see what the dypsis experts have to say on this one?

Beautiful palm ,thanks for sharing the pics Jeff!

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i must be missing something here........somebody clue me in.

Burt, unless there is something well hidden, your answer I would guess is yes!

Burt,

The Palms in the in the stue pots and seedlings are grown in our nursery, the palms in habitat are under the large specie under Mama tree in top image. Are these the same? That's anyone guess but they sure look it!

All the best,

clark

[surferjr]

Just received this photo from Jeff Marcus, and he asked me to add it to this thread with his comment:

"D.bejofo - these were the seedlings under the tree..this shows the fine leaf as true D.bejofo is as an eophyll.."

Great to see Jeff got this Picture! These are what is being sold as D Bejofo seeds on the market!

Thanks Jeff and Bo.