Dypsis arenarum

[joe_OC]

Got this from Kevin Weaver years ago.  Looks like the real deal.  Trunk is starting to turn black too.

[PalmatierMeg]

Beautiful palm. Is this species often confused with another Dypsis?

[joe_OC]

Thanks, Meg.

When young, it looks like lutescens.  But it is much more petite.  I have it planted next to lafazamanga because it has similar traits and wanted to see how they are different.

[joe_OC]

Diameter of trunk is only 2”.  Don’t think it’s going to get much bigger.  

My psamaphilla has a trunk that is under an inch diameter.

lutescans has a much larger diameter when they start to trunk.  They are much taller palms before they even start trunking.

[DoomsDave]

I've got one, too. Sold to me as psammophila.

A rose by any other name . . . . ..

[Palm Tree Jim]

Purchased one from Jeff M a few years ago. It is very similar to one the Joe has posted pictures of.

It seems slow at this point but time will tell.

[joe_OC]

1 hour ago, Palm Tree Jim said:

Purchased one from Jeff M a few years ago. It is very similar to one the Joe has posted pictures of.

It seems slow at this point but time will tell.

Jim,

 

How big is yours?  Mine has really started to take off in the last couple of years.  It gets morning sun.  The wall protects it from the afternoon sun, but it enjoys  the radiant heat.  Would love to see pics of everyone's.

[Palm Tree Jim]

39 minutes ago, joe_OC said:

Jim,

 

How big is yours?  Mine has really started to take off in the last couple of years.  It gets morning sun.  The wall protects it from the afternoon sun, but it enjoys  the radiant heat.  Would love to see pics of everyone's.

Small.....let me get a picture today and post.

[Palm Tree Jim]

I purchased 2 of these but this one show lots of color on emerging spears.

[mike in kurtistown]

I actually got an opinion from John Dransfield of some of my clumping, medium-sized Dypsis, seeds purchased under a name that is highly unlikely. The ID was D. arenarum.

Interestingly, the juveniles in pots were mainly doubles and had red emerging spears that opened green. Ripe fruits are greenish-yellow. The palms grow like Jack's beanstalk after planting in the ground, and there will be flowering and fruiting palms in maybe four years.

 

[joe_OC]

5 hours ago, Palm Tree Jim said:

I purchased 2 of these but this one show lots of color on emerging spears.

Well Jim, at least our palms are the same!

[mike in kurtistown]

Here are a couple pics I took of the seedlings in August 2012:

[Hilo Jason]

44 minutes ago, mike in kurtistown said:

Here are a couple pics I took of the seedlings in August 2012:

Thanks for posting these Mike. I have 2 different looking palms bought as Arenarum, one of which looks just like these. So I'm excited to see that it should one day look like yours. 

[quaman58]

Hey Joe,

This palm has come up for discussion a number of times over the years. Usually, the palm being sold is like yours; a very pretty palm that looks like a colorful lutecsens. But few if any of them turn out to look anything like Mike’s palm. I’ve posted mine a few times. Purchased at Jungle Music as arenareum & looked just like yours, except it stayed solitary. It’s now way overhead and has always been quite fast. It’s still a nice palm, although not nearly as colorful as when young. But it’s nothing like Mike’s and if you were to walk past it, you’d think “lutecsens”. Once I heard that Jeff Markus was selling the real deal, but when I asked him about it, even he didn’t seem to know what I was talking about, and indeed sent me the same palms I already have. Soooo, I’m assuming that JD knows his stuff, that Mike’s is the real deal, and that I don’t have it...Here’s a couple of mine:

 

[quaman58]

Hey Joe,

 

[joe_OC]

Thanks, Bret.

Nice palm!  I don't think mine will ever form a large trunk though.  I've had it for almost 9 years.  There is 5 rings of trunk on it and it has a trunk that is less than 2" diameter.

[joe_OC]

On 11/3/2018, 11:19:57, mike in kurtistown said:

I actually got an opinion from John Dransfield of some of my clumping, medium-sized Dypsis, seeds purchased under a name that is highly unlikely. The ID was D. arenarum.

Interestingly, the juveniles in pots were mainly doubles and had red emerging spears that opened green. Ripe fruits are greenish-yellow. The palms grow like Jack's beanstalk after planting in the ground, and there will be flowering and fruiting palms in maybe four years.

 

Beautiful palm.  What is the diameter of the trunk?  Mine is around 2" with 5 rings of trunk.  

[Missi]

My D. arenarum seedling from Floribunda has always had the deep red new spear so very easy to differentiate from D. lutescens for me..

[mike in kurtistown]

Joe, a break in today's rain permitted me to go down to where my arenarums are located. The trunk diameters range from 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 inches, most right at 3 inches. The thinner trunks are at a 7-stem plant. The others are 4-stem, all 3 inches in diameter.

 

[joe_OC]

31 minutes ago, mike in kurtistown said:

Joe, a break in today's rain permitted me to go down to where my arenarums are located. The trunk diameters range from 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 inches, most right at 3 inches. The thinner trunks are at a 7-stem plant. The others are 4-stem, all 3 inches in diameter.

 

Thanks, Mike.  I am hoping the color stays on mine.  It's a lot prettier now than before.  

[Palm Tree Jim]

22 hours ago, Missi said:

My D. arenarum seedling from Floribunda has always had the deep red new spear so very easy to differentiate from D. lutescens for me..

That's my understanding as well.