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What's Eating My Dypsis?

palmislandRandy

By palmislandRandy
in DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDE

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palmislandRandy Grand Master

palmislandRandy

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Something has been chomping on my potted D. onilahensis. :angry: I don't know if it actually eats any or just chews up the leaves to fashion some sort of a cocoon. I haven't seen this damage on any other of my palms or any other of my plants. The damage isn't too bad so far, only 5 of these chewed frond "cocoons". I tried pulling the cocoon thing apart & it's sticky. Any ideas?

-Randy

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"If you need me, I'll be outside" -Randy Wiesner Palm Beach County, Florida Zone 10Bish

MattyB Grand Master

MattyB

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Iowno, but that palm is killer looking

Matt Bradford

"Manambe Lavaka"

Spring Valley, CA (8.5 miles inland from San Diego Bay)

10B on the hill (635 ft. elevation)

9B in the canyon (520 ft. elevation)

Stevetoad Grand Master

Stevetoad

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Looks like a cacoon. If I was a bug I'd want to live on the onilahensis too. Wow that looks good! Maybe I should potone up like that. drool.gif

"it's not dead it's sleeping"

Santee ca, zone10a/9b

18 miles from the ocean

avg. winter 68/40.avg summer 88/64.records 113/25

Pedro 65 Grand Master

Pedro 65

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Randy, that palm is way too good looking to be in a pot, get it inground, bugs attack palms in pots before palms inground. Birds can eat the bugs easier. :) Pete

Rusty on Pine Is. Mentor

Rusty on Pine Is.

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Its a bagworm, a lepidopterous larvae.....the larvae spins silk around itself, attaches bits of plant material as camouflage, completes the life cycle in the bag and emerges as a moth that lays eggs on the plant material.

Pick off the bags, throw in trash , problem solved.

Rusty

Rusty Bell

Pine Island - the Ex-Pat part of Lee County, Fl , USA

Zone 10b, life in the subs!...except when it isn't....

Palmə häl′ik Veteran

Palmə häl′ik

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I found one of them on my D. cabadae this summer aswell...

Funky lookin' cocoon eh.

~Ray.

Brandon, FL

27.95°N 82.28°W (Elev. 62 ft)

Zone9 w/ canopy

Mandrew968 Grand Master

Mandrew968

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Randy, that palm is way too good looking to be in a pot, get it inground, bugs attack palms in pots before palms inground. Birds can eat the bugs easier. :) Pete

I have not heard of anyone having success with this palm, in the ground, in South Florida. Randy, when it looks that good, in a pot, why risk it?!

PalmatierMeg Grand Master

PalmatierMeg

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Randy, that palm is way too good looking to be in a pot, get it inground, bugs attack palms in pots before palms inground. Birds can eat the bugs easier. :) Pete

I have not heard of anyone having success with this palm, in the ground, in South Florida. Randy, when it looks that good, in a pot, why risk it?!

I agree with Andrew - leave it be. I tried one in the ground. Now it's dead and gone. Wish I had one that looked like that.

Meg

Palms of Victory I shall wear

Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise)
Florida
Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal
Elevation: 15 feet

I'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade.

redant Grand Master

redant

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Mine even die in pots, never had any luck with these. Out of about 5 I have tried the one I did put in the ground is still alive after about 4 years with some pretty bad winters, but it's about as slow growing as any palm I have ever seen.

Jupiter FL

in the Zone formally known as 10A

palmislandRandy Grand Master

palmislandRandy

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Randy, that palm is way too good looking to be in a pot, get it inground, bugs attack palms in pots before palms inground. Birds can eat the bugs easier. :) Pete

I have not heard of anyone having success with this palm, in the ground, in South Florida. Randy, when it looks that good, in a pot, why risk it?!

I agree with Andrew - leave it be. I tried one in the ground. Now it's dead and gone. Wish I had one that looked like that.

I also haven't had any luck with these in the ground, thats why this one is going to spend eternity in a pot. I've learned my lesson at the expense of a few of these. :D

Thanks everyone for the bagworm diagnosis!

-Randy

"If you need me, I'll be outside" -Randy Wiesner Palm Beach County, Florida Zone 10Bish

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Moose Grand Master

Moose

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My Dypsis onilahensis languished for 8 years in the ground. It never looked good. Sometimes giving me the hope of getting established - then diminishing. It finally took the big dirt this spring.

Anyone had success with this one in the ground in Florida? Love to see a pic of one if it exists ... <_<

Coral Gables, FL 8 miles North of Fairchild USDA Zone 10B

Jeff Searle Grand Master

Jeff Searle

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Wow, Randy that palm is awesome looking. Good job whatever your doing, it seems to be working. I had one in the ground also like Moose, it survived several years, never looked that good and finally withered away to it's death, last year.

Searle Brothers Nursery Inc.

and The Rainforest Collection.

Southwest Ranches,Fl.

Pez Enthusiast

Pez

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They grow fairly well in my sugar sand. They definitely are not fast growers but steady and always look healthy. This one has been in the ground a couple years, and takes full sun most of the day. I have another one in ground for about 5 years, but do not have any recent pictures. It must be the difference in soil (sand / limestone) as our high temps are pretty much identical. ??

Pez Enthusiast

Pez

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They grow fairly well in my sugar sand. They definitely are not fast growers but steady and always look healthy. This one has been in the ground a couple years, and takes full sun most of the day. I have another one in ground for about 5 years, but do not have any recent pictures. It must be the difference in soil (sand / limestone) as our high temps are pretty much identical. ??

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