Dypsis sp. "BIG CURLY" Trunking Pics!!!

[Palmzilla]

Hi All,

Here are some pics of our buddies dypsis "Big Curly." He has had this for quite some time. It is coastal grown in full sun. It has appx 3 feet of trunk now. Hope you enjoy!

Braden de Jong

[trioderob]

thats insane.

[Firepalm]

Nice! Thanks for sharing. Got to get me one of those and then wait a decade or so...

[realarch]

Holy Moly, that's incredible. Love it.

[Chris Chance]

Yeah that's awesome! The color on the trunk is really cool looking. Thanks for sharing.

[edric]

Amazing Braden, I would love to include that in Palmpedia! Ed

[Palmlover]

How big was it when he planted it and how long has he had it? It is awesome looking!

[Brett in Mission Viejo]

if that is the one just south of Ola Vista in San Clemente, saw it last weekend while on a palm watching drive. Very cool!

[Jeff Searle]

That is one beautiful looking palm,Braden. Actually, the entire landscape bed of plants looks great too. Thanks,

Jeff

[palmislandRandy]

Oooooooo...that's a beauty.

[Alicehunter2000]

:drool:

[Gonzer]

Ron's pride and joy.

[pogobob]

Rumor has it that the owner had a customer who would need tires and brakes ( he owns a tire shop) and he would always pay him in " rare palms" Anyone venture a guess who the customer was?

[Palmlover]

My guess is Phil

[Moose]

My guess is Phil

Good guess! BS Man about Palms would trade A/C work or weeding the garden for rare palms.

[Bags]

Must have been Mardy, only place that Big Curley could have come from.

[Walter John]

Which Dypsis species is big curly ?

[Moose]

Which Dypsis species is big curly ?

Dypsis hurrah var. sacadaquadoo

[LJG]

My guess is Ron Lawyer.

[Gonzer]

_{I heard that it was actually the belts for Mardy's chipper that were in demand and Ron supplied. He'd go through cases of 'em chipping fronds.}

[BS Man about Palms]

Actually... I heard a interesting point about this palm recently ... I have ALWAYS heard this palm refered to as a Big Curley... BUT maybe 3-4 years ago, the palms We know as Big Curly and OCWS were the "OPPOSITE" of what we point to now as examples. Soooooo That would make this palm what we (locally) call the OCWS... which seems to grow as fast, but its leaves burn, and struggle/near death inland most of the time.

This could explain why this palm rarely holds nice leaves, yet grows well on the coast.

Or its a "salt burn" thing on the leaves as the palm is only blocks fro the coast....

PLUS.. as usual, once trunking, nodes give height quick! Less than a year ago there was still no trunk!

Thanks for posting the pix Braden.

[rprimbs]

Which Dypsis species is big curly ?

Is there still a debate over whether it is a D. prestoniana -- or not?

[BS Man about Palms]

The most succinct thing I can say is that ONE of the Palms is Dypsis prestoniana to be sure. And it most likely is "the current" big curly. The question is the "other one" a seperate species or are they both just a variety of D. prestoniana?

The difficulty in growing the two is several orders different.

(And if you followed my post, is the palm pictured here what we now refer to as an OCWS?)

[pogobob]

Twas Mardy! Who cares what it is, it's awsome whether OCWS or Prestoniana, Big surly for sure!

[GeneAZ]

Are there more images of the blue cycad in photo #3? Looks like a Joubertina longi, and no sign of competition for nutrients with the palm.