Dypsis ambositrae speed of growth?

[quaman58]

Forgot the pic..

[DippyD]

3 hours ago, Tracy said:

My larger one in the front just opened a flower spadix but I am still waiting for the individual flowers to open.

The one in back that tillered before growing more upright is now growing up at the same pace as this one, just a little behind in size.  They are a great mid-sized Chrysalidocarpus. 

I believe you have a market for your 1 and 3 gallon size second generation plants based on responses when i posted this in another ambositrae thread recently. 

The first inflo mine threw ended up aborting, the second one was absolutely MASSSSSSIVE! I ended up tying it up because i thought the flower was going to just rip off. Hopefully yours holds the inflo and produces seed. I’m going to try to grow the ones i have to 15 gals then move them. 

[BayAndroid]

1 hour ago, quaman58 said:

Forgot the pic..

Wow, what a stunner. 

[Tracy]

16 hours ago, DippyD said:

The first inflo mine threw ended up aborting

Mine did the same.  For now this one emerges from under two healthy retained leaves, so it should be ok without further assistance for a bit.  The first inflorescence dropped immediately after the leaf it emerged from dropped.

[Tracy]

On 10/20/2025 at 6:32 PM, Tracy said:

My larger one in the front just opened a flower spadix but I am still waiting for the individual flowers to open.

It has been 17 days now that the spathe opened and the inflorescence was exposed, but the buds on the inflo have yet to open.  It seems very strange to me when I compare to the behaviour of other Chrysalidocarpus growing in the garden.  Anyone else seen this happen with theirs?

[Tracy]

On 10/20/2025 at 6:32 PM, Tracy said:

My larger one in the front just opened a flower spadix but I am still waiting for the individual flowers to open.

The one in back that tillered before growing more upright is now growing up at the same pace as this one, just a little behind in size.  They are a great mid-sized Chrysalidocarpus. 

I believe you have a market for your 1 and 3 gallon size second generation plants based on responses when i posted this in another ambositrae thread recently. 

It has been 30 days and finally I counted 5 flowers have opened.   No bees active right now  but I hope if we get warmer temperatures more flowers will open and pollinators will do their work. 

[richnorm]

If you want seed it would be a good idea to save some pollen as the female flowers open after the males and you might not get any overlap.   

[Tracy]

On 11/20/2025 at 9:52 AM, richnorm said:

If you want seed it would be a good idea to save some pollen as the female flowers open after the males and you might not get any overlap.   

It looks like I just needed to be patient.  Flowers are opeing in mass now and the bees have been going at it, doing their part.  The next challenge will be the weight of this inflorescense when it has seeds.  The palm has dropped one leaf since the spathe opened, and only one remains to hold onto this inflorescence.  I think Tim mentioned that he has had to tie off his to keep them from dropping from excess weight.  I will likely try the same thing when it drops the next leaf. 

[richnorm]

Hard to see clearly but it looks like the males may be open but possibly not the females. That's what happened with mine.  They don't seem to be profilic flowerers here but the inflorescence on these is big! Fingers crossed for a bountiful harvest.

[coops 3214]

I planted my last 1 i had in a pot and they are no faster in the ground or a pot painfully slow they are growing but slow cant wait till they decide to get going

[Tracy]

On 11/20/2025 at 9:52 AM, richnorm said:

If you want seed it would be a good idea to save some pollen as the female flowers open after the males and you might not get any overlap.   

Rich your advice was spot on.  I didn't intervene and consequently didn't get any viable fruit to set.  The leaf base came off that was holding the old inflorescence today.   It revealed some nice color too.

[tim_brissy_13]

28 minutes ago, Tracy said:

Rich your advice was spot on.  I didn't intervene and consequently didn't get any viable fruit to set.  The leaf base came off that was holding the old inflorescence today.   It revealed some nice color too.

Great palm Tracy. 
 

I guess this is why unintentional Chrysalidocarpus hybrids are so common in cultivation now. Male flowers seem to open so much earlier than the females on the same plant so they are more likely to pollinate something else. Useful evolutionary trait but it makes it tricky in places like Floribunda where there’s dozens of mature Chrysalidocarpus species around. 

[Foggy Paul]

Bumping the thread because I just noticed that our plant, obtained from @Darold Petty and planted out last fall, is offsetting again. This will be the fourth stem! Is this unusual? Normally I’d consider it a good sign, but I’m not sure we have room for four trunks in this location.