Dypsis mananjarensis

[JubaeaMan138]

Been growing this guy for a few years  looking good almost ready for the ground . Let’s see other mealys . 

[JubaeaMan138]

[iDesign]

Just put mine in the ground this week!
* should have gone in a long time ago, so I'm nervous 😬

I posted a photo only a few days ago in a different thread, so I'll post DIFFERENT photos here! Figure no one will be offended by too many mealybug photos, especially if they're from different perspectives than my earlier photo.

I'm really hoping it makes it... will do a "happy dance" when I see 3" of growth on the new spear. It's my most prized palm so would be a devastating loss (*think of a wonderful thought... any happy little thought*) ✨

[JubaeaMan138]

5 hours ago, iDesign said:

Just put mine in the ground this week!
* should have gone in a long time ago, so I'm nervous 😬

I posted a photo only a few days ago in a different thread, so I'll post DIFFERENT photos here! Figure no one will be offended by too many mealybug photos, especially if they're from different perspectives than my earlier photo.

I'm really hoping it makes it... will do a "happy dance" when I see 3" of growth on the new spear. It's my most prized palm so would be a devastating loss (*think of a wonderful thought... any happy little thought*) ✨

Looking excellent 🤙 I got 2 of these guys . Slow but solid growers . Your garden looks killer ! 

[John hovancsek]

This one got planted as a small 1 gallon years ago and these 3 clumps of grass invade and I have hit them many times with herbicide but it seems like they don’t want to die. 

[Phoenikakias]

6 minutes ago, John hovancsek said:

This one got planted as a small 1 gallon years ago and these 3 clumps of grass invade and I have hit them many times with herbicide but it seems like they don’t want to die. 

 

 

Why don't you dig them out?

[JubaeaMan138]

4 hours ago, John hovancsek said:

This one got planted as a small 1 gallon years ago and these 3 clumps of grass invade and I have hit them many times with herbicide but it seems like they don’t want to die. 

Gorgeous !!! Bejouf behind it on the left ?

[Kim]

To give you a little something to look forward to...

Sourced from Bill Austin as a 3-gal and planted 11-27-2014, photo dated 10-16-2022, even taller now.

[Cindy Adair]

I love it Kim!

[Kim]

Thanks Cindy! 

 

[John hovancsek]

On 8/13/2023 at 7:02 AM, Phoenikakias said:

Why don't you dig them out?

Lol. I’m to lazy 

[Billeb]

@JubaeaMan138 Here’s my Mananjarensis I got from @Josh-O in March. I Waited about 2 months and said “screw it…I’m going to throw this thing in the ground”. It’s years behind @iDesign and @John hovancsek plants but gotta start somewhere.  
 

As you can see, it had pretty good color below the soil like Stacy’s. It doesn’t possess a ton of bugs on the petioles like I’ve seen and when it opens it’s frond, there is a definite pink/red to it. I assume this will change as it gets older. 
 

-dale 

 

 

Picture taken today. No spear when grounded in June so it passes the 3” spear check  

 

 

Here’s a picture to note color on trunk and slight color to leaf when opening. It opened this leave in April. 

[iDesign]

1 hour ago, Billeb said:

As you can see, it had pretty good color below the soil like Stacy’s. It doesn’t possess a ton of bugs on the petioles like I’ve seen and when it opens it’s frond, there is a definite pink/red to it. I assume this will change as it gets older. 

Since you got it from @Josh-O I'm sure it's the "real deal". That's where I got mine, though it wasn't cheap (I remember Josh mumbling something about his "kids' college fund" when I asked the price).

Who knows... yours might end up healthier than mine in the long run, for less cost. Time will tell... but it's looking great so far!

[JubaeaMan138]

2 hours ago, Billeb said:

@JubaeaMan138 Here’s my Mananjarensis I got from @Josh-O in March. I Waited about 2 months and said “screw it…I’m going to throw this thing in the ground”. It’s years behind @iDesign and @John hovancsek plants but gotta start somewhere.  
 

As you can see, it had pretty good color below the soil like Stacy’s. It doesn’t possess a ton of bugs on the petioles like I’ve seen and when it opens it’s frond, there is a definite pink/red to it. I assume this will change as it gets older. 
 

-dale 

 

 

Picture taken today. No spear when grounded in June so it passes the 3” spear check  

 

 

Here’s a picture to note color on trunk and slight color to leaf when opening. It opened this leave in April. 

Looking killer dale loving that orange for sure  ! Mine will be going in the ground next spring for sure . Once it fills up a 15 . That seems to be the safe point for me . Got a lot of planting to do next spring . Got a killer ampasindavae on deck after the mananjarensis  amongst others 🤙

[JubaeaMan138]

Mine occasionally flushes a salmon leaf 

[John hovancsek]

On 8/13/2023 at 11:46 AM, JubaeaMan138 said:

Gorgeous !!! Bejouf behind it on the left ?

D. Naeuseosa 

[Billeb]

Here’s an update on my Mealy. I wouldn’t call it fast by any means but steady movement and I’m ok with it. Definite color to the emergent leaf.  Last picture shows the previous leaf shape. 
 

-dale 

[realarch]

Nice color Dale, and such a good example of the leaf arrangement. Good on ya!

Tim

[Rob123]

Mine is still small but I wonder when I can expect for things to start going plumose. It doesn’t have the heaviest markings and wasn’t the most colorful one of the batch when I bought it but it was the largest one available. I have a lot of heeled Dypsis/Chyrsalidocarpus planted out and this guy has been very fast compared to my other ones since it was thrown in the ground from a 1 gallon four months ago in Oceanside, CA