Gettin’ the Ring

[Foggy Paul]

I’ve been eager to join this thread for years. Here’s the largest stem on our C. onilahensis. I’m calling it ring time! We have had an unusually sunny May here in SF and a lot of the palms are yellowing, but not this one.

 

[The Gerg]

Welcome to this thread. That’s a nice looking little onilahensis. I’m sure it’s enjoying your sunnier than usual May.

[Darold Petty]

Paul lives only about one mile more inland than I, but I believe his microclimate is warmer and more sunny !  

[Hilo Jason]

Bought this as Chrysalidocarpus Ambositrae, I refer to it as a “stiff leafed Ambositrae”.  Size 10 sandal for scale.

[Tracy]

3 hours ago, Hilo Jason said:

Bought this as Chrysalidocarpus Ambositrae, I refer to it as a “stiff leafed Ambositrae”.  Size 10 sandal for scale.

A question for you Jason:  is it stiff leaf or stiff leaflet you reference?  Definitely a beefy specimen and attractive. 

[Hilo Jason]

On 5/25/2025 at 6:55 AM, Tracy said:

A question for you Jason:  is it stiff leaf or stiff leaflet you reference?  Definitely a beefy specimen and attractive. 

Kind of both, but definitely still leaflet and much thicker leaflets as well. I had a couple of these in my Fallbrook garden and my previous Hilo garden. Almost looks like an Ambositrae crossed with Decipiens. 

[Palmiz]

Cleaned off some boots from the pembana

[RiverCityRichard]

Pembana. Exactly 3 years from a 2 leaf bare root seedling.

[JeskiM]

Here's one that I keep in a pot. I have to grow all my carribean species in pots because my winters are too cold. When I see temps go below 45F or so, they come into the garage. If its going to get too cold, say < 15F I haul them into the house proper. Luckily my garage ceiling is high and the ceiling in the house us far higher.  The species I grow mostly stay small and grow fairly slow. Only problem is the growing medium is mostly crushed limestone and aragonite, so it's quite heavy to move.

Without further ado, here's the plant :  Pseudophoenix sargentii

It's in a 7 G pot and is currentlt pushing one leaf a year.

-Matt

[Billeb]

My Dypsis Heteromorpha Hybrid and Chambeyronia Hookeri getting the rings! 🤙🏻

 

-dale

[Billy]

I’ve posted about this palm before. Definitely stoked I decided to buy it. Sold to me as baronii “black petiole” which isn’t to be confused with Dypsis baronii “black stem” but is still a gorgeous palm that I look forward to watching grow. Two leaf bases fell off yesterday revealing some rings. 

[Darold Petty]

Congratulations,  Billy !   

[Hilo Jason]

Chrysalidocarpus Loucoubensis (formerly Dypsis Ampasindavae) 

 

[sonoranfans]

"Teddy Bear" (chrasalidocarpus leptocheilos) 18 months in the ground gets its ring.  Its been getting plenty of rain recently.  My large one(25' overall) was decapitated crownshaft and crown in hurricane milton last oct.  Got this one as a bare root seedling 4-5" long with root about 6 years ago.  I look forward to more teddy bear color in the yard.

[Hu Palmeras]

El 13/7/2025 a las 18:04, JeskiM dijo:

Aquí hay una que tengo en una maceta. Tengo que cultivar todas mis especies caribeñas en macetas porque mis inviernos son demasiado fríos. Cuando veo que la temperatura baja de los 7 °C, las guardo en el garaje. Si va a hacer demasiado frío, digamos menos de -7 °C, las llevamos a la casa. Por suerte, el techo de mi garaje es alto y el de la casa es mucho más alto. Las especies que se cultivan suelen ser pequeñas y crecen bastante despacio. El único problema es que el sustrato es principalmente piedra caliza triturada y aragonito, por lo que es bastante pesado de mover.

Sin más preámbulos, aquí está la planta: Pseudophoenix sargentii

Está en una maceta de 7 G y actualmente produce una hoja al año.

-Compañero

 

[Darold Petty]

Lepidorrhachis mooreana, ground planted on 28.06.2011, as a small seedling approximately 15 cm (6 inches) tall. The true trunk shown is 14 cm (5.75 inches) in diameter.

Previously I have grow two adults to a trunk height of 75 cm (30 inches) but both died from various causes before producing seeds.  They did produce numerous spadices,  including immature seeds.

[Hilo Jason]

Chrysalidocarpus Leucomallus

These could be the slowest Chrysalidocarpus out there, so to have a ring of trunk is pretty exciting. Although I will say, this particular plant has not been slow for me compared to every other one I have grown, or tried to grow.  So maybe I got lucky with good genetics on this one or it’s just planted in the perfect spot. 
 

Size 10 shoe for scale 

[realarch]

1 minute ago, Hilo Jason said:

Chrysalidocarpus Leucomallus

These could be the slowest Chrysalidocarpus out there, so to have a ring of trunk is pretty exciting. Although I will say, this particular plant has not been slow for me compared to every other one I have grown, or tried to grow.  So maybe I got lucky with good genetics on this one or it’s just planted in the perfect spot. 
 

Size 10 shoe for scale 

What a beast Jason. Np doubt this is going to be a stocky chunk of a palm.

Tim

[David B]

New Zealand grown C. Decipens. Split not long after planting as a double 7 years ago. First stem trunking three to go

[Rob123]

Looks like my only macrocarpa will have some watermelon markings after all. I’m hoping my smaller hookeri will be a blonde/reverse watermelon. Should know soon! 🤞 

[Billeb]

9 hours ago, Rob123 said:

Looks like my only macrocarpa will have some watermelon markings after all. I’m hoping my smaller hookeri will be a blonde/reverse watermelon. Should know soon! 🤞 

@Rob123, would you call my Hookeri in the picture I posted above a “reverse Watermelon”. Kinda looks like it but i don’t know…always thought that was just how they look. 
 

-dale 

[Rob123]

37 minutes ago, Billeb said:

@Rob123, would you call my Hookeri in the picture I posted above a “reverse Watermelon”. Kinda looks like it but i don’t know…always thought that was just how they look. 
 

-dale 

I’d say so. Sometimes they show the trait in both the trunk and crownshaft. I can definitely see the markings in the trunk area on yours. 
 

On a side note, your heteromorpha is so chunky now, well done! 🙌👏

[Harry’s Palms]

19 hours ago, Rob123 said:

Looks like my only macrocarpa will have some watermelon markings after all. I’m hoping my smaller hookeri will be a blonde/reverse watermelon. Should know soon! 🤞 

Beautiful! I brought my only Macrcarpa home from a trip to Maui. It was a very young seedling . The grower had two rows of the most striking “ Watermellon “ variant I had seen . All his seedlings were from those palms . 25 years later , mine has very little of the markings , at the age of yours it had none. That one is really gonna take off now . If I remember right , it seemed to take a very long time for it to get that size . Then , it really kicked into grow mode. Nice palm…. Harry