Dypsis for Florida?

[CodyORB]

On 11/7/2015 at 5:50 PM, Zeeth said:

Here's a picture of  my D. decipiens taken today. 

Well, is your D. decipiens still with us?

[Zeeth]

Nope. It lived for 3 years after that photo, never gaining size, and the central spear pulled one summer. After that it never recovered. 

[Beachpalms]

On 11/4/2015 at 9:37 AM, Palmaceae said:

This is a list of what I am growing, some are on the small side but growing great.

 

Dypsis cabadae

Dypsis carlsmithii

Dypsis decaryi

Dypsis lanceolata

Dypsis lastelliana

Dypsis leptocheilos

Dypsis lutescens

Dypsis madagascariensis

Dypsis pembana

Dypsis pilulifera

Dypsis saintelucei

 

Been a while but I was reading this post and just bought a lanceolata. How is yours doing? 

[sonoranfans]

I have killed a few dypsis, some like a "true" ambositrae lasted 3 years in the ground.  In my experience, the real survivors in florida long term are for a warm 9B: Leptocheilos, Pembana, Madagascariensis, lutecens, decaryi, and cabadae (if you are 10a).  I am talking about plants that don't need close attention to survive.  All of these species will seed in florida.  Perhaps there is a much wider range of what can survive, but these species can thrive without master gardener skills.  Note that most of these are no longer dypsis but chrysalidocarpus these days.  More name changes may be coming in palms as the advancement of genetic sequencing over taxonomy is upon us.

[kinzyjr]

On 11/30/2023 at 7:42 PM, Beachpalms said:

Been a while but I was reading this post and just bought a lanceolata. How is yours doing? 

@Palmaceae has since relocated to TN, but may chime in at some point in regard to the lanceolata at his old digs. 

The small (Dypsis) Chrysalidocarpus lanceolata at my place that has been here for a couple of years.  It has done well during the two cold snaps in 2022, but neither of those events have dropped the temperature in the "Dypsis bed" below 30F for a daily minimum.  During the Christmas Freeze in December 2022, the garden did not go above 50F for almost 72 straight hours, however.  Also noted that most of this bed is canopy protected and does not get exposed to frost. 

Most recent photo and a photo from when it was bought below:

October 2023:

October 2021:

[flplantguy]

Good to know lanceolata does ok here.  I really like mine so far, it's one of the more showy ones, at least as a smaller plant.  I think more of them will do ok here than people think if they are fussed over and babied but it's a large task for a bunch of them. 

[Looking Glass]

Of the big Dypsis/Chrysalidocarpus, Prestoniana & Carlsmithii both seem to do pretty well in warm areas of Florida.  

I took this pic of that one, before Searle Brothers retired a couple years ago.  

 

One of the challenges in Florida with some in that genus, besides it being too hot and nematodey I guess, is also the tropical winds.  Some of them don’t handle hurricane winds well.   Many are rare enough that it’s unknown how well they do overall.  

Teddies seem easy, as does Pembana.   

My young Carlsmithii from a Searle Brothers sale needed extra iron, but is doing OK…  

 

This thread is so old, maybe @Jeff Searle could update his list of all-stars that seem to grow well here.   I’m sure a lot of new info is available now, compared to 2015.   It’s helps us “Regular Joes” with our Floribunda selections!  I stared at this thread a lot a few years back.  

[donalt]

I have pembana and they are gorgeous palms; lush green flat bladed fronds with beautiful trunks.