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Dypsis paludosa, florencei (or whatever it's now called)

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October 7, 201312 yr

Here's a photo of our Dypsis paludosa, florencei, or whatever it is called now! Bill Austin of Austin Nursery has a beautiful collection of them and we had to have some the first minute we saw them.

Lee

Located at 1500' elevation in Kona on the west side of the Big Island of Hawaii.

Average annual rainfall is about 60"; temperature around 80 degrees.

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October 7, 201312 yr

Lee,

Why not Dypsis mirabilis now? ... As Jeff Marcus indicated on his list.

Seeing your pictures I am glad I got some seedlings of D mirabilis "entire leaf" from Jeff and I am looking forward to planting them soon.

Full sun? does paludosa mean " moist soil"?

Reading Palmpedia, we need ...peat swamp...white sands behind the beach... :wacko: ....but we are inland!

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Philippe

Jungle Paradise in Sri Lanka

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October 7, 201312 yr

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Lee,

Why not Dypsis mirabilis now? ... As Jeff Marcus indicated on his list.

Aloha Philipe,
Ours are growing in fairly shallow soil in volcanic soil mixed with approximately 40% compost. Since we are on rock we have to grow most of our plants in shallow soil. Some of them are beginning to have roots on top of the soil, but this has not happened with the mirabilis who have been in the ground about 4 years (Thanks for catching us on the name change to mirabilis.) Bill Austin (who sold us the palms) had them in full sun in Hilo, but full sun in Kona, where we live, is a lot brighter and hotter so we planted ours in shade. They are very happy here but grow a little slower than most our palms. Three of our five are entire leaf. Although I am a big fan of entire leaf palms. I think the split leaves of the mirabilis are also very beautiful because they are pretty wide. If you can get some mirabilis I recommend that you get one of each species and plant them together, Bill Austin's are much taller than ours and totally gorgeous. I’ll give him a call and ask him to post his.
I don't have a clue what mirabilis or paludosa mean and, like many palm people, I've gotten a bit tired of all of the name changes and don't keep up with all of them. Maybe someone else will be able to answer that question.
Lee
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Lee

Located at 1500' elevation in Kona on the west side of the Big Island of Hawaii.

Average annual rainfall is about 60"; temperature around 80 degrees.

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October 7, 201312 yr

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Philipe,

I just spoke to Bill. He said that he has already done muliple posts of his D. mirabilis. You can find them by using the search tool, Since Bill also doesn't keep up with all of the name changes you may have to do thee searches.

Lee

Located at 1500' elevation in Kona on the west side of the Big Island of Hawaii.

Average annual rainfall is about 60"; temperature around 80 degrees.