Dypsis ambanja

[realarch]

Interesting palm, colorful stem and attractive crown when small, then for a few years it looked rather ordinary, but now it's developed into a stunning palm.

Nice habit, clean, compact, and great scale. Not a heavy clumper, at least this one, which is nice.

Photos  

Tim 

[realarch]

I also meant to mention that the photos are a bit on the dark side, 13" of rain (330mm) in the last 24 hours, still raining and heavy overcast. 

Palms are diggin it though.

Tim

[Justin]

13"?  Damn.  We've gotten only a couple down here in Pahoa, I would guess.

[quaman58]

Boy, that is pretty Tim. 

[Bill Austin]

Very nice there Tim I agree with you it is atttractive palm all around. I don't think they clump as what most think of as clumping rather they seem to have two stems or trunk . All that I have seen look just like yours though I have seen  only three yours  mine and Jeffs. All joking a side they are wonderful  mid size palm .

[realarch]

Thanks Bret.

Bill, I had always thought this little Palm would remain small, maybe getting to 4 or 5 feet. It's way past that now and not sure just how tall it's ultimately going to be. 

Tim

[Neil C]

What a stunning Dypsis!!

Regards Neil

[foxtail]

2 hours ago, Bill Austin said:

All that I have seen look just like yours though I have seen  only three yours  mine and Jeffs. 

[Cindy Adair]

Yet another beauty I had never even heard of Tim! Thanks so much!

[LJG]

Tim, I got to see your garden some day. Lots of great palms and plants. I have two of these I got from Jeff also. One stayed single and the other did what Bill said they do and only 'clumped' into two stems. I find them tricky here as they don't like winter. But they grow. 

Also, it is Dypsis sp. Ambanja for those nomenclature checkers. :)

[Bill Austin]

I just looked on Jeffs price list and he has them as 4'' GOOD DEAL.

[comic097]

Very cool Tim, got lucky and bought a few seeds from Rps with very good germination rates, so good to see a mature specimen

 

Cheers Paul 

[realarch]

Thanks Neil, foxtail, Len, and Cindy. 

Bill, hmmmmmmm....Jeff has more huh, something to think about.

Paul, these are gonna be great for your garden, perfect size. They grow fairly fast as well.

Tim

[realarch]

A blast from the past. I was looking at this sp. Ambanja this morning and they still look great. A bit tall nowadays, but not a neck breaker. 

They are hard to pick out in the one one photo, but follow the trunks up from the red handled lopers.

Tim

[realarch]

I thought I’d better correct this thread with the proper updated name which is 

Chrysalidocarpus ambanjae. (If it is in fact what I have.)

Tim