Dictyosperma is in the house.

[Kaname-kun]

Good morning!

[Tracy]

50 minutes ago, Kaname-kun said:

Good morning!

👌   How long have you been growing it and from what size was it planted?

[bubba]

Local:

[realarch]

Jeffery, that’s a beauty!

Tim

[PalmatierMeg]

Today I took the following photos of my largest Dictyosperma. I have several smaller ones I will include in updates to our post-Ian gardens

Dictyosperma alba, Cape Coral, FL, 2023

[Looking Glass]

I got some 4-inchers from Floribunda last year….   They became overgrown 1g specimens within a year, and seem very nonfussy here.   Have high hopes for these.   About ready to pop two in the ground.   

[kinzyjr]

@bubba That thing looks like it is on HGH and Dianabol.  Nice!

[Tyrone]

This is a great one to grow. In the wild in habitat only one tree is left on Round Island just to the north of the main island of Mauritius. That’s the same island the bottle palm (Hyophorbe lagenicaulis) comes from. 

[Jim in Los Altos]

I soooo wish these would grow in my CA 10a garden. It’s got to be one of my favorites! Tried twice and they just languish in our cool wet winters. Probably not enough heat in the summer either and I’ve got several warmth loving Licuala, Clinostigma, etc. palms doing well. 

[bubba]

Hey Jim-We cannot grow Rhopies! 

kinzyjr-Mother-In-Law’s and it is well tended!
 

 

[Kaname-kun]

22 hours ago, bubba said:

Local:

They just get better.

 

[Kaname-kun]

13 hours ago, Looking Glass said:

I got some 4-inchers from Floribunda last year….   They became overgrown 1g specimens within a year, and seem very nonfussy here.   Have high hopes for these.   About ready to pop two in the ground.   

That's incredible growth!  --From 4-inchers.  Good growing.

[Kaname-kun]

22 hours ago, Tracy said:

👌   How long have you been growing it and from what size was it planted?

It was planted a few months ago as a 15 gal. Too replace a Chambeyronia Houailou that cakked it. I fell in love with these visiting Caribbean Palms, where I saw a grove growing in semishade. Up to then, I hadn't noticed how beautiful they are.

[Billeb]

This thread just makes me want to rip out mine knowing it will never reach its potential. Bummer
 

-dale 

[Hurricanepalms]

I planted this from a healthy one gallon about 11 or 12 years ago. It seeds all the time and there are even a few volunteers that have survived. The conjugatum form is definitely the best looking in my opinion, but also the slowest growing for me. It puts out a lot of leaves, but doesn’t increase in height much comparatively.

Edited June 1, 2023 by Hurricanepalms