Dypsis plumosa aka fakey

[happypalms]

The dypsis plumosa had a funny start in Australia being sold as dypsis ambositrae with so many seeds coming out of Madagascar in the mid 1990s it was understandable that there would be a mix up but once they flowered in Australia it pretty clear it was not ambositrae either way it’s a tough dry tolerant palm worth having in a collection and cool tolerant as well 

[Phoenikakias]

What do you mean by dry tolerant?

[happypalms]

35 minutes ago, Phoenikakias said:

What do you mean by dry tolerant?

Dry tolerant it gets so dry at times in my garden I have a few planted in between sandstone rocks basically in the Australian bush with 40 degree Celsius days it tolerates quite a bit of harsh weather not really affecting it native bangalow palms are struggling in the dry in my where as th plumosa tolerates the dry hot conditions 

[Harry’s Palms]

I’m not familiar with this palm. Nice looking with slender trunk and hardy , looks like a great palm. 

[happypalms]

4 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

I’m not familiar with this palm. Nice looking with slender trunk and hardy , looks like a great palm. 

They are a nice palm the petiole tends to snap close on some of the older leaves when they are green or maybe the winds get them so not a palm for windy areas but tough as nails otherwise they look better when young 

[peachy]

I remember all the fuss about 'Fakeys' from quite a few years ago.  I always thought of it as nothing special, just another palm really and always wondered why they got everyone's knickers in a knot.

Peachy

[happypalms]

26 minutes ago, peachy said:

I remember all the fuss about 'Fakeys' from quite a few years ago.  I always thought of it as nothing special, just another palm really and always wondered why they got everyone's knickers in a knot.

Peachy

Yer they are quite boring to me as well when they flowered for the first time that sorted them out real quick amongst the palm industry I think everyone thought they had ambositrae the real deal 

Richard 

[Phoenikakias]

15 hours ago, happypalms said:

Dry tolerant it gets so dry at times in my garden I have a few planted in between sandstone rocks basically in the Australian bush with 40 degree Celsius days it tolerates quite a bit of harsh weather not really affecting it native bangalow palms are struggling in the dry in my where as th plumosa tolerates the dry hot conditions 

Interesting. What are the respective night temps and air humidity during those dry times, also how much is their sun exposure? Is the sp also accordingly tender to high soil moisture during cool weather?

[tim_brissy_13]

1 hour ago, Phoenikakias said:

Interesting. What are the respective night temps and air humidity during those dry times, also how much is their sun exposure? Is the sp also accordingly tender to high soil moisture during cool weather?

I’ve never personally grown it, but it’s quite sensitive to cool conditions in temperate climates from what I’ve seen. Cold and wet is a bad combination for these. 

[Phoenikakias]

3 hours ago, tim_brissy_13 said:

I’ve never personally grown it, but it’s quite sensitive to cool conditions in temperate climates from what I’ve seen. Cold and wet is a bad combination for these. 

I have grown those two in my cold frame from seed . They have experienced occasionally slightly subzero temps during night. They could have done better, had I used a lighter potting mix but they have been safely put back on the rail to recovery.