Mini red neck palm dypsis rivularis

[happypalms]

A beautiful small dypsis I have tucked away in the garden. Only viewed when I get in and have a look through the rest of the garden hiding it away. One day it will break through. 

[JohnAndSancho]

I had some old Dypsis Lastellenia (redneck) seeds that never popped. I soaked them again and cleaned them with a nail file, so hopefully they'll sprout now. 

[happypalms]

1 hour ago, JohnAndSancho said:

I had some old Dypsis Lastellenia (redneck) seeds that never popped. I soaked them again and cleaned them with a nail file, so hopefully they'll sprout now. 

A good place to start. Good luck. Dypsis rivularis was around 30 years ago in my area. But then it dropped out of sight with all the mom and pop nurseries being put out of business by the chain stores! 

[JohnAndSancho]

1 hour ago, happypalms said:

A good place to start. Good luck. Dypsis rivularis was around 30 years ago in my area. But then it dropped out of sight with all the mom and pop nurseries being put out of business by the chain stores! 

We have a Wal Mart and a Lowes about 40 miles away, so I'm stuck with mail order unless I want a sunburned and over watered Majesty or Cat palm. 

[Harry’s Palms]

Nice to have such a great palm tucked away . Harry

[happypalms]

26 minutes ago, JohnAndSancho said:

We have a Wal Mart and a Lowes about 40 miles away, so I'm stuck with mail order unless I want a sunburned and over watered Majesty or Cat palm. 

Curse those chain stores taking all the money from small nurseries. Most of the exotics I collect are mail order and arrive in perfect condition. 

[happypalms]

14 minutes ago, Harry’s Palms said:

Nice to have such a great palm tucked away . Harry

Thought you might like that palm! They should be available if you look. 
Richard 

[Harry’s Palms]

I certainly will look. I have room for a couple more Dypsis. I really like them , not a huge palm but larger than most Chamaedorea. In between type palm! 🙂Harry

[JohnAndSancho]

1 hour ago, happypalms said:

Curse those chain stores taking all the money from small nurseries. Most of the exotics I collect are mail order and arrive in perfect condition. 

I just don't think this is a very palmy area. Not much demand here. Closer to the coast, sure. There's a couple palmettos and a couple windmills in town, maybe a few sagos. But there's probably more growing wild in the woods than in people's yards here. 

[Rubberboots]

6 hours ago, JohnAndSancho said:

I had some old Dypsis Lastellenia (redneck) seeds that never popped. I soaked them again and cleaned them with a nail file, so hopefully they'll sprout now. 

@JohnAndSancho I'd like one for Christmas 🥴🤪

[Rubberboots]

8 hours ago, happypalms said:

A beautiful small dypsis I have tucked away in the garden. Only viewed when I get in and have a look through the rest of the garden hiding it away. One day it will break through. 

@happypalms is this a Sari Palm...how tall will it get?

[JohnAndSancho]

1 hour ago, Rubberboots said:

@JohnAndSancho I'd like one for Christmas 🥴🤪

They're 2 year old seeds, and only one sprouted and then I guess damped off. They've been in a baggie on a heat mat this whole time so I'm not optimistic lol. I think I crushed like 4 seeds cleaning them. 

[Rubberboots]

2 hours ago, JohnAndSancho said:

They're 2 year old seeds, and only one sprouted and then I guess damped off. They've been in a baggie on a heat mat this whole time so I'm not optimistic lol. I think I crushed like 4 seeds cleaning them. 

@JohnAndSancho noice! 😆

[happypalms]

16 hours ago, Rubberboots said:

@happypalms is this a Sari Palm...how tall will it get?

Yes sari palm. I did have one that was 20 years old and it was about 8 feet high with a trunk of about 5 feet.

[JD in the OC]

Pretty. I like how the leaflets begin neatly pinnate and then become disheveled when mature. Strangely cool.  It's a slow grower here in South FL.  Can't seem to give it enough water..

JD

[happypalms]

11 hours ago, JD in the OC said:

Pretty. I like how the leaflets begin neatly pinnate and then become disheveled when mature. Strangely cool.  It's a slow grower here in South FL.  Can't seem to give it enough water..

JD

Thay are beautiful for a small dypsis. And unfortunately slow growing. I think the leaflet shape is something small dypsis are known for, such lovely palms the small dypsis genus is! 

[Tyrone]

I had a small trunking one in my Perth garden that the nursery I was working at got from Darwin. It survived for a while but wasn’t fond of winter or 44C in summer under canopy. I kept it wet through summer but 44C was way more than it could handle. It was beautiful while it lasted. 

[happypalms]

40 minutes ago, Tyrone said:

I had a small trunking one in my Perth garden that the nursery I was working at got from Darwin. It survived for a while but wasn’t fond of winter or 44C in summer under canopy. I kept it wet through summer but 44C was way more than it could handle. It was beautiful while it lasted. 

More humidity may have kept it alive, but that heat you get from that desert over there another story. Palms would have to be one the trickiest plants to grow out of habitat with  requirements for the right conditions. 

[Tyrone]

11 hours ago, happypalms said:

More humidity may have kept it alive, but that heat you get from that desert over there another story. Palms would have to be one the trickiest plants to grow out of habitat with  requirements for the right conditions. 

Yes. When we got that sort of heat in Perth it came with high winds from the east and low dewpoints. Nasty stuff. Luckily I don’t get the low dewpoints situation down here. We get the humidity and the occasional high heat. 

[happypalms]

37 minutes ago, Tyrone said:

Yes. When we got that sort of heat in Perth it came with high winds from the east and low dewpoints. Nasty stuff. Luckily I don’t get the low dewpoints situation down here. We get the humidity and the occasional high heat. 

I get the hot north winds occasionally in summer and it’s brutal the VB lack of humidity in that wind, straight out of outback Queensland, luckily it’s only for a day but it’s a hot killer of a day!