New Wallichia disticha

[Josue Diaz]

I sure hope I don't regret it, but I planted a wallichia disticha today. It would spend the winter outdoors so i didn't think being in the ground would be much different. Here it is, a big 5-gallon. 

 

 

[Josue Diaz]

Here it is in the ground, tucked tightly somewhat between a juvenile bismarkia and copernicia baileyana on the left side. 

[Phoenikakias]

It will be fine, since a Copernicia baileyana already survives in your garden. It would be ideal if this plant have not been pot cultivated so far in a greenhouse.

[Really full garden]

They certainly become a focal point in any garden with their incredible fan like growth.

[Tracy]

13 hours ago, Josue Diaz said:

Here it is in the ground, tucked tightly somewhat between a juvenile bismarkia and copernicia baileyana on the left side. 

At some point, you will have to make choices on which of those big boys to keep.  I planted some things too close to my Bismarkia and they just get pushed out of the way like the Dypsis lutescens, and a stunted Lepidiozamia on the other side in my photo.  I don't know how quick the Wallichia grows, but I would suspect that with your summer heat your Bismarkia will do well once it takes off.   But these are good decisions to struggle with!  Hope they all perform well Josue!

Hard to tell, but it looks like the orientation of your Wallichia is such that it's "plane" doesn't have it growing toward the Bismarckia.  What a great alternative to a "Traveler's Palm" to get that single plane look!

[Josue Diaz]

 

7 hours ago, Tracy said:

At some point, you will have to make choices on which of those big boys to keep.  I planted some things too close to my Bismarkia and they just get pushed out of the way like the Dypsis lutescens, and a stunted Lepidiozamia on the other side in my photo.  I don't know how quick the Wallichia grows, but I would suspect that with your summer heat your Bismarkia will do well once it takes off.   But these are good decisions to struggle with!  Hope they all perform well Josue!

Hard to tell, but it looks like the orientation of your Wallichia is such that it's "plane" doesn't have it growing toward the Bismarckia.  What a great alternative to a "Traveler's Palm" to get that single plane look!

That bismark is freaking awesome. I figured I'd have trouble eventually with how small my yard is, but I hope that the difference in growth rates will play in my favor here. The bismarkia will grow the fastest, so it will hopefully open up space down low for the copernicia as it starts bulking up. And wallichia will live out the next 15 years or so before it flowers and dies, so I figured I could afford to plant it in tightly, given it's not a permanent tree. 

BTW, I didn't even notice the lepidozamia! It's huge!

[Gonzer]

21 hours ago, Josue Diaz said:

Here it is in the ground, tucked tightly somewhat between a juvenile bismarkia and copernicia baileyana on the left side. 

I concur 100% with Tracy in that you've planted them much too close together. Nip the problem in the bud now before emotional attachment becomes an issue.

[Josue Diaz]

10 minutes ago, Gonzer said:

I concur 100% with Tracy in that you've planted them much too close together. Nip the problem in the bud now before emotional attachment becomes an issue.

They're 10 feet apart, so not as close as the picture makes them seem, it's hard to tell the depth the picture. STILL super close given their mature size, but these are also experimental this far inland and north. If they grow to maturity, that copernicia won't begin trunking until 20 years from now or more. By that time, the bismarkia should be well overhead, and the 14'-20' spread of copernicia will essentially brush up against the bismarkia's trunk. It's too late now to avoid the emotional attachment  I couldn't bring myself to moving either one. 

[Phoenikakias]

Do not count so much on disticha's slow growth. They may not produce many fronds within a year, but they do form long internodes like Arecastrum. Some individuals grow also much faster than others. What could be to one's advantage in a small garden though, is exactly the distichous frond pattern; we can determin in other wirds through planting direction the plane future fronds will spread on.

[DoomsDave]

@Josue Diaz, I don't know about the other stuff, but keep in mind that the Wallichia is a temporary addition. It will last maybe 10 years before it goes to seed and dies. It might sit there a while, discouragingly, for a couple or three years like mine did.

Then, suddenly KA-BOOM! Cannon fire, rockets, whoo-wee where'd that thing come from? Max height about 15 - 20 feet.

When you come visit, I'll point out the one in my garden that's going to seed after 8 years.

Loved the whole time I had it, though. Planted a new double in the back, and hoping some of the seeds are collectible and viable.

[Tracy]

On 11/29/2018, 1:50:56, Josue Diaz said:

BTW, I didn't even notice the lepidozamia! It's huge!

I'm guessing you have it confused with something else in that photo.  It is smaller now and holding fewer leaves than it did 5 years ago when it got more sun.  It's actually hiding behind the little Aloe to the right of the Bismarackia, holding one measly leaf.  Maybe it isn't the Bismarckia's fault, but that's an entirely different thread than this one about Wallichia disticha.  I suspect that Dave is accurate.  If you are 10' back with the W disticha and leaves oriented in a tangent plane to the circumference of your Bismarckia, you won't have a problem as it will likely mature and fruit before the Bismarckia starts pushing up against it.  You will be able to extract it and give room for the Bismarckia to continue stretching out and then up!

[Palm Tree Jim]

On 11/30/2018, 5:49:27, DoomsDave said:

@Josue Diaz, I don't know about the other stuff, but keep in mind that the Wallichia is a temporary addition. It will last maybe 10 years before it goes to seed and dies. It might sit there a while, discouragingly, for a couple or three years like mine did.

Then, suddenly KA-BOOM! Cannon fire, rockets, whoo-wee where'd that thing come from? Max height about 15 - 20 feet.

When you come visit, I'll point out the one in my garden that's going to seed after 8 years.

Loved the whole time I had it, though. Planted a new double in the back, and hoping some of the seeds are collectible and viable.

True this.