Seeing Double

[Mike Evans]

Walking through the garden tonight with a glass of red wine and had to take a double look.  One of the Dypsis dransfieldii had  double red emergent leaves.  Yes, red wine and double red leaves.  I have about 8 in the garden and have not see them open at the same time before.  It is not suckering yet.

[foxtail]

Extremely beautiful

[spockvr6]

On ‎2‎/‎23‎/‎2016‎ ‎6‎:‎05‎:‎38‎, Mike Evans said:

Walking through the garden tonight with a glass of red wine and had to take a double look.  One of the Dypsis dransfieldii had  double red emergent leaves.  Yes, red wine and double red leaves.  I have about 8 in the garden and have not see them open at the same time before.  It is not suckering yet.

 

Mike-

 

At first, I was going to ask "how many glasses of red wine?" before you saw double red

 

But, then your photos proved it was not simply the wine

[doranakandawatta]

On 24 février 2016 01:09:13, foxtail said:

Extremely beautiful

YES extremely beautiful , and a species which is seen not so often. Thanks

[NatureGirl]

Very nice Mike, I got a couple from Floribunda I'm gonna try here. Did they survive 2010 winter? Or were they planted after that?

[Mike Evans]

Well actually I made of had too much wine.  These were purchased as D dransfieldii, but I think they look more like D. crinita, or D utilis, or D. fibrosa.  All of the 3 types look alike when small, put out the red leaf and have the very fibrous trunks.  I did NOT get these from JM.  They were put in the ground after 2010 and all doing well. What a nice looking group of palms from Madagascar with the deep red leaves. 

Charline, I had these and some D. crinita in containers during the 2010 freeze.  Only lost a few.

Here are a few more pics of some of the fibrous Dypsis around the garden.   Some were planted in groupings. 

[Keith N Tampa (ex SoJax)]

Gorgeous Mike.  Wine is good for the soul whether in a glass, or in the new fronds.  What a difference a 90 minute drives makes!  No chance out here!  

[foxtail]

On 3/1/2016, 4:44:52, Mike Evans said:

Well actually I made of had too much wine.  These were purchased as D dransfieldii, but I think they look more like D. crinita, or D utilis, or D. fibrosa.  All of the 3 types look alike when small, put out the red leaf and have the very fibrous trunks.  I did NOT get these from JM.  They were put in the ground after 2010 and all doing well. What a nice looking group of palms from Madagascar with the deep red leaves. 

Charline, I had these and some D. crinita in containers during the 2010 freeze.  Only lost a few.

Here are a few more pics of some of the fibrous Dypsis around the garden.   Some were planted in groupings. 

Mike,

Are they at full sun?