NOTE: 3x8" Tree Band size CANNOT be shipped to Southern CA. Instead,1.5gal and 5gal sizes can be purchased on our store and then picked up in San Diego County. Contact us if you have any questions.
Description: Teddy Bear Palm (Dypsis leptocheilos) x Triangle Palm (Dypsis decaryi)
This hybrid was the one that started our obsession with palm hybrids! Our co-founder discovered this palm on Daryl O'Connor's page (Australia) in 2004. Ever since, we have been striving to become the world's #1 producer of this hybrid. We originally coined the name "Tri-Bear" meaning a combination of the Triangle and Teddy Bear palms (although the Teddy Bear is actually the mother tree in nearly every instance).
We first tried to develop the Teddy Bear x Triangle Hybrid in Anaheim, CA in 2005 by cross-pollinating a Triangle Palm (Dypsis decaryi). This produced only parthenocarpic (non-viable) fruits. While this hybrid occurs accidentally in South Florida and Australia (and less often in Hawaii). We produce ours by manual-cross pollination here in Southwest Florida with production numbers ranging from 5-10 plants per year to 40-50 plants per year. Some years our trees don't yield any. This hybrid provides all the beauty of the Teddy Bear Palm but with the drought-tolerance of a Triangle palm and much faster growing than either parent.
Sun Requirements: Full sun or partial sun. Will grow in shade, but does not thrive as well.
Growth Rate: Slow to moderate when seedlings; fast once 2 feet or taller
Fertilizer: Low
Cold Tolerance: USDA Zones 9b-11
Read the article by Don Hodel and co-authored by one of our founders
