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Growth rate differences - 2 large palms

DoomsDave
DoomsDave
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The picture below shows a Bismarckia on the right and a Dypsis decipiens on the left, both planted at the same time, about 6 years ago, in front of the Hoopers' place in la Habra.

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    The Dypsis was about one-third the size it is now, the Bizzie was about the same size.

    Both eventually get huge, but Dypsis is in no big hurry.

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    And the winner is???

    Bismarckia!!!!

    Amazing grow rate. Looks nice and healthy.

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    Considering how slow D. decipiens is, it's amazing it reaches any size at all.

    But, they do get huge, in time. A lot of time, apparently. At least here in La Habra.

     

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    Looks like the triangle in the background is winning. :winkie:

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    Looks very yellow. Perhaps it is too dry?  

    Very intresting comparison!!! 

    That Bizzy is a killer! :greenthumb:

    That Bismarkia is an absolute rocket!  I have on I planted about 3 years ago, and while it is getting "big", it is nothing like that trunking Bismarkia.  The decipiens does look a little scrawny though.  If I watered my decipiens as rarely as my Bismarkia it would    die.

    IMO, bismarckia palms are relatively fast growers, at least for me. When I first started growing them I used to keep growth journals, measuring height, girth, etc. I think I was getting about 11 fronds a year, and fronds would open on any month of they year, albeit growth would slow down during the winter. As for Dypsis decipiens, I only had one, and it was a painfully slow grower. But it croaked for some reason. I guess it didn't like my humid climate.

    Below is a YouTube video I made in May of 2015 showing six of my silver form bismarckia palms. One of them, my second to largest one, (since this video) was killed by palmetto weevils.

     

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    Walt:

    OUCH! (Palmetto weevils!)

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    They are slow but that looks like a triple. Solitary one would be faster not bizzie fast but faster. 

    San Marcos CA

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