Dictyosperma album var. conjugatum

[knell]

one of my favorite palms to photograph at night, this is the parent of many (most?) of the var. conjugatum from Floribunda

[quaman58]

These are one of the world‘s most beautiful palms. Think they’re slow in the tropics? Try growing them in a Mediterranean environment. Still, they can look pretty good after 15 odd years. I posted this a few years back, I can’t take credit for it. It’s from the garden of Cardiff Bill, a quarter mile from the coast in Southern California.

 

 

[quaman58]

These are one of the world‘s most beautiful palms. Think they’re slow in the tropics? Try growing them in a Mediterranean environment. Still, they can look pretty good after 15 odd years. I posted this a few years back, I can’t take credit for it. It’s from the garden of Cardiff Bill, a quarter mile from the coast in Southern California.

 

 

[quaman58]

1 minute ago, quaman58 said:

These are one of the world‘s most beautiful palms. Think they’re slow in the tropics? Try growing them in a Mediterranean environment. Still, they can look pretty good after 15 odd years. I posted this a few years back, I can’t take credit for it. It’s from the garden of Cardiff Bill, a quarter mile from the coast in Southern California.

 

 

Sorry, double post

[sonoranfans]

november 22 2023

september20, 2025, 22 months later, loved the rain this year.  This palm had a spurt of 4-5 spears opened during a consistent rainy season here.  Its not always consistent here but between the rain and my auto and manual irrigation it was consistently moist in my high drainage soil.  On the east side of the house, it gets no direct sun past 2-3pm.  The palm trunk to the right is a 14-15 leaf satakentia that shades it some and just behind it is archontophoenix myolensis.  Behind the camera view are roystonea, livistona saribus and chrysalidocarpus madagascariensis so plenty of sun filtering.

  The plan with this palm was that it doesnt grow fast or get too tall so its part of the mid layer canopy.    The white waxy spear and stems contrast nicely with the darker green foilage.