Yet another ID request

[Brad52]

Obtained under a dubious name so I’ve never been sure what this is?

[Brad52]

Hmmm…just found a Floribunda picture of Dypsis sp. Lafazamanga that looks quite similar.

[Looking Glass]

Those double leaflets, and lack of splitting at that age, look different than lafazamanga, but I see the resemblance.  

[Palmiz]

Does look like lafamazanga but leaflet arragement kinda match basilonga. Maybe it's a hybrid of some sort.

[iDesign]

The trunk/petiole area sure "feels" like my lafazamanga when younger.

Here's a photo of my lafazamanga from 2022 when it was a similar size, compared with your plant...

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And here is a close up photo I took this morning of that area of my lafazamanga...

If you were to base things ONLY on the trunk/petiole area, one could definitley make a case for it being lafazamanga. Lemon yellow on the trunk, lime green on the older petioles, cute "freckles" on the trunk, and maroon emerging spear.  

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However the "double leaflet" thing may be the dealbreaker.

Your plant...

Vs my lafazamanga at a similar age...

I unfortunately didn't take a photo of that area when it was young, but I just checked the older version of my lafazamanga, and don't see any "double leaflet" action. Unless that only happens when the plant is very young? 

Whatever it is, it does have a lafazamanga "vibe" - but I'll leave (leaf?) it to the experts to say for sure.

[Brad52]

1 hour ago, iDesign said:

The trunk/petiole area sure "feels" like my lafazamanga when younger.

Here's a photo of my lafazamanga from 2022 when it was a similar size, compared with your plant...

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And here is a close up photo I took this morning of that area of my lafazamanga...

If you were to base things ONLY on the trunk/petiole area, one could definitley make a case for it being lafazamanga. Lemon yellow on the trunk, lime green on the older petioles, cute "freckles" on the trunk, and maroon emerging spear.  

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However the "double leaflet" thing may be the dealbreaker.

Your plant...

Vs my lafazamanga at a similar age...

I unfortunately didn't take a photo of that area when it was young, but I just checked the older version of my lafazamanga, and don't see any "double leaflet" action. Unless that only happens when the plant is very young? 

Whatever it is, it does have a lafazamanga "vibe" - but I'll leave (leaf?) it to the experts to say for sure.

Ha, thanks for the detailed comp and punny close!

 

I didn’t find Lafazamanga on palmpedia under Dypsis or Chryso, is there a synonym?  As I recall the vendor called it Lafa so I presumed Dypsis lafa which I also don’t find.

 

So the double leaves are not a fit eh…

[iDesign]

1 hour ago, Brad52 said:

I didn’t find Lafazamanga on palmpedia under Dypsis or Chryso, is there a synonym?  As I recall the vendor called it Lafa so I presumed Dypsis lafa which I also don’t find.

So the double leaves are not a fit eh…

My understanding is that "Lafa" is a totally different plant. The "Lafazamanga" plant is a trade name for a plant that has yet to be described and named officially (sort of like "Orange Crush" was given the official name "paucifolius"). Bummer since the original names are awesome.

Double leaves does seem to be the difference here. Unless there are some plants that have double-leaflets when young but not when older? Out of curiousity I checked my lafazamanga baby plants but their leaves are too small to tell. If it's lafazamanga, your plant is also likely to split at some point (though probably not as much as lutescens).

So glad you liked my pun. 🙃

[tim_brissy_13]

I do remember Dypsis ‘lafa’ (clearly now Chrysalidocarpus) floating around years ago but haven’t heard that name in a while. From memory it was a saintlucei type plant but not quite exactly like that species. Does anyone who bought under this name years ago have a photos? I’d imagine they would’ve turned out something like this one. 

[Palmiz]

I saw your message on other thread asking if mine was double. I went back in photos and found when I planted in 2021, maybe same size as yours. It didn't have double and recent picture doesn't either. I was thinking lafa but from pics I've seen they look very plumose. Hope you find a name for it. Very interesting and cool palm for sure

[Brad52]

1 hour ago, Palmiz said:

I saw your message on other thread asking if mine was double. I went back in photos and found when I planted in 2021, maybe same size as yours. It didn't have double and recent picture doesn't either. I was thinking lafa but from pics I've seen they look very plumose. Hope you find a name for it. Very interesting and cool palm for sure

Thanks for the info!

[Hilo Jason]

Sp. Lafa was also known as “dwarf saintelucei” for awhile. It’s similar to Saintelucei but has irregular leaflets and is  not as tall as Saintlucei. 
 

[John hovancsek]

It is dypsis lafa. 

[John hovancsek]

[Brad52]

1 hour ago, John hovancsek said:

So it looks like Lafazamanga but the double leaves say Lafa which is really a dwarf form of saintelucei?

[Matt in OC]

I grew a few Lafas for a while and I don't see it. I think Lafazamanga is closer.