Variegated lipstick

[Gbarce]

I was going to include this one in another post but I thought it deserved a post of its own

I bought this about 3 years ago as a 12 inch high group of seelings-- the largest one was about a foot tall but it had a lot of suckers around it

Its about 4.5 feet tall now

[Gbarce]

another angle

[Gbarce]

there is variegation on teh leaves of the main plant but they are not that prominent

You's hardly notice them when the tree is viewed from a distance

[Gbarce]

Some of the suckers are more promising though

[Kumar]

Nice colouring Gene. I have heard that there is an all-green lipstick too - is it true ?

[Gbarce]

Kumar- Yup but technically you can't call it "lipstick" anymore. That species is Cyrtostachys elegans. I have never seen one but its suppose to ne a good looking palm too. Understandably though it just cant compete with C. renda

[Gbarce]

THere is some striping on the rachis of the leaves but again not as prominent as I am hoping for

But looking up close its still a nice combination of red and green

[Gbarce]

What I am really hoping for is for the variegation to reach all the way to the crown shaft

None so far though

It would be really cool to see some striped on those prominent red crown shafts

but that's just wishful thinking for now. Hopefully the variegation gets stronger as the plant matures or one of the suckers develop really prominent variegation.

[BS Man about Palms]

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[palmsOrl]

Love it Gbarce! I saw one on eBay a few years back, but my financial situation at that moment didn't allow me to snatch it up. There is also an "apple colored" crownshaft form and I believe I have heard of a green crownshafted form of Cyrtostachys renda as well.

-Michael

[ariscott]

  On 3/20/2011 at 2:56 PM, Gbarce said:

Kumar- Yup but technically you can't call it "lipstick" anymore. That species is Cyrtostachys elegans. I have never seen one but its suppose to ne a good looking palm too. Understandably though it just cant compete with C. renda

It is a different palm all together with bronze new growth. I have one, but it is very hard to take photograph of. Scott stuck it in the middle of garden bed because he didn't want to loose it... and now it is in the middle of everything. We are not moving it though...

Gene,

Nice variegation!! Scott would be envious

Regards, Ari

[Kumar]

  On 3/20/2011 at 2:56 PM, Gbarce said:

Kumar- Yup but technically you can't call it "lipstick" anymore. That species is Cyrtostachys elegans. I have never seen one but its suppose to ne a good looking palm too. Understandably though it just cant compete with C. renda

I understand. Well, these green ones are the only Cyrtostachys that I seem to have access to - the nursery I get my palms from keeps calling this the 'Green' Red Palm.

[Gbarce]

Kumar- do you have a photo? i'd like to see a picture of it. I always thought that the red ones were the most wide spread.

[JD in the OC]

Very nice Gene! I always love your variegated palms! Those suckers look promising. Have you ever divided any Cyrtostachys? I wonder if they're as easy as Dypsis lutescens and Rhapis sp. ?

Here is the other type of varieg Lipstick that was mentioned:

[Kumar]

  On 3/20/2011 at 11:19 PM, Gbarce said:

Kumar- do you have a photo? i'd like to see a picture of it. I always thought that the red ones were the most wide spread.

Sorry Gene - I never showed much interest in this, thinking it was a scam of sorts. I did but a very small clumping seedling in October last year which was very quick to die on me after the plant.

Here is one of the few photos I have - before it was planted inti the ground. Ron (Moose Knuckle) did say it was a renda, but the thing is the place I bought it from does not have the red variety at all and keep passing this off as C. renda so that added to my confusion.

[Gbarce]

even at that size there should be some red on those petioles if it were a C renda