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Are these Dypsis seedlings pembana or cabadae

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August 15, 201510 yr

I was given seeds I was told were Dypsis pembana, but cabadae seedlings can look similar. So, are these two palms really pembana or its wimpier cousin cabadae?

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.

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August 15, 201510 yr

Hello Meg,

To me they look like cabadae, as I have a few that size.

Lived in Cape Coral, Miami, Orlando and St. Petersburg Florida.

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August 15, 201510 yr

Same here, Meg, they look like cabadae to me...btw, cabadae is wimpy @ your place?

Rusty Bell

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

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

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August 15, 201510 yr

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Same here, Meg, they look like cabadae to me...btw, cabadae is wimpy @ your place?

Compared to pembana, cabadae is a total wimp (as is lanceolata). It is more sensitive to sun and cold, slower growing. I can't say enough good things about pembana (I have 2). It's the only Dypsis I've come across that has no issues with my climate and I've tried many species.

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.

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August 15, 201510 yr

Same here, Meg, they look like cabadae to me...btw, cabadae is wimpy @ your place?

Compared to pembana, cabadae is a total wimp (as is lanceolata). It is more sensitive to sun and cold, slower growing. I can't say enough good things about pembana (I have 2). It's the only Dypsis I've come across that has no issues with my climate and I've tried many species.

Thanks Meg...i guess i have been lucky with the cabadae......i have two, one in shade (so sun isn't an issue for sure) but another that, while planted more mature, never flinched in the sun...and you certainly are correct, they are SLOW...love pembana too, darned things are rocket ships!

Rusty Bell

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

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

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August 15, 201510 yr

They are cabadae alright, look healthy so far

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August 15, 201510 yr

Oh and btw...the one thing i use to distinguish the difference between pembana and cabadae, is the overall colour...cabadae always seems to have a coppery tint to the petioles and sheaths.

Rusty Bell

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

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

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August 16, 201510 yr

I agree, and also use the color to distinguish the two. D. pembana is pure green throughout, while D. cabadae has that very noticeable salmon-like color on the petioles and leafbases when young.

Michael Norell

Rancho Mirage, California | 33°44' N 116°25' W | 287 ft | z10a | avg Jan 43/70F | Jul 78/108F avg | Weather Station KCARANCH310

previously Big Pine Key, Florida | 24°40' N 81°21' W | 4.5 ft. | z12a | Calcareous substrate | avg annual min. approx 52F | avg Jan 65/75F | Jul 83/90 | extreme min approx 41F