Another "real" Dypsis ambositrae

[Billeb]

13 minutes ago, richnorm said:

Yes,  leaves were perfect in all cases, even the spear looks ok but just stops moving.  I think it was possibly already dead in this photo.  After a while you get suspicious and then that sickening feeling as the spear slides out!  I always try H2O2 but it rarely works.

Rich, I have a Rhopalastylis that pulled a spear and I did the peroxide treatment. After nearly 8 months I’ve got positive growth and it looks like it may recover.  I was told the plant looked to be planted too low and the heal was under grade. This may be the reason your Ambositrae met it’s demise as it also has a heal obviously.  Definite sickening feeling when you get a spear pull. Hate it…

-dale 

[deezpalms]

On 8/7/2013 at 3:13 PM, Brahea Axel said:

Still trying to figure this out, but if I understand right, there are three dypsis that go under the name 'ambositrae':

 

1) dypsis ambositrae 'plumosa' now renamed dypsis plumosa, chocolate brown when juvenile and plumose

2) dypsis ambositrae, the real ambositrae that grows like a weed, named properly by Dransfield and co.

3) dypsis ambositrae 'kidreo' that a few collectors are now calling the "true ambositrae"

 

So I am really curious, why confuse the whole world by introducing yet another dypsis that isn't actually an ambositrae, but came in labeled as 'kidreo'? Jeff Marcus is selling 2) as ambositrae, the seeds come from Madagascar and it's a real nice decent growing fast and easy dypsis that really has tremendous potential as a palm for non-collectors. 2) really looks nothing like decipiens, although there is now talk of it being found in other locations which happens to also be where decipiens grow.

 

All in all, 2) is a dynamite plant for Norcal.

I agree with this

[Brad52]

Dunno know if mine's 'real' or not, no red at all and has produced a few leaves in the year+ I've had it.

[Brad52]

Does the apparent lack of red on the petioles suggest then, that this might not be D ambositrae?

[Billeb]

Wanted to update this thread as it’s been a few years and recently snapped a picture of my Ambositrae. Pictures are a little over 2yrs apart. I feel like it’s pretty good growth and it’s starting to get some girth to the trunk….I’ll take it. One of my favorite palms that can be grown here in SoCal. Let’s see some updates people…

 

-dale 

[BayAndroid]

Just planted mine out, it's the real deal. 

 

 

 

[Palmiz]

2 hours ago, BayAndroid said:

Just planted mine out, it's the real deal. 

 

 

 

Very nicely fresh plantings! One thing about that schefflera tree is that I love those trees but. I once had one planted next to my pond to shade it. Then I seen one at a friend's house that was near their house foundation and deck, tree looked very nice but not the ground. The roots get aggressive unlike palms, I quickly remove mine. Just a heads up. Is that a decipiens to the right front? Very nice Ambositrae by the way!

[BayAndroid]

8 hours ago, Palmiz said:

Very nicely fresh plantings! One thing about that schefflera tree is that I love those trees but. I once had one planted next to my pond to shade it. Then I seen one at a friend's house that was near their house foundation and deck, tree looked very nice but not the ground. The roots get aggressive unlike palms, I quickly remove mine. Just a heads up. Is that a decipiens to the right front? Very nice Ambositrae by the way!

Yeah, I'm not too worried about the Schefflera, they bearly make it here. The first two years it defoliated (I have a frosty microclimate). A lot of these plants are right on the edge of making it here, so we'll see how things go. You're correct, that's a Decipiens! 

[Tracy]

On 8/2/2013 at 10:30 AM, edric said:

Hi Matty, mine came in as Kidreo, from J. D. Andersen's, the newest petiole next to the new spear is red, as your two big ones are, and all the rest of that var. are, the last one in post two is just like mine, I adjusted the brightness/contrast in this habitat photo, it is the real deal, IMO, Ed

I see a lot of similarity in the palm I purchased and am growing as Dypsis now Chrysalidocarpus ambositrae.  Mine dropped a leaf to expose its first attempt to produce an inflorescence this morning.  It is a great looking mid-size palm.  It's formal looking structure looks nice in that habitat photo where it really stands out.