Hi Ruud, Sorry to hear that the ones you got is the wrong ones.Could you just send me pictures of p. filaris, and also the alias name of it?I'll try to look...
Hi Rolando. Great news! Hope that they will flower soon. In which country are you staying? Brazil? Yes I know the short viability of the seeds. However, they...
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Aug 2, 2008 8:02 am
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The viability of palm seeds is amazing. "Never throw a seed out" is good advice. In one study conducted many years ago in Caracas, the bulk of a particular...
Hi, Another palm seed never to throw out is Chmaedorea plumosa. Most Chamaedorea seeds are rotten within a year if they haven't germinated. One time I missed...
Gary, 15 years or more ago I had several Acrocomia totai "Gru-Gru" seeds in individual pots in my nursery. 3 of them germinated within 2 years and I gave up...
Hi, The all-time winner as far as length of time a palm seed takes to germinate has got to be Parajubaea torrallyi. Although many germinate in a year or so,...
I am intrigued with these stories. While it was true that I heard many about delayed germination these last couple seem to be setting records. Let's have a...
Gary and all, I had a Licuala rumphii seed that germinated recently after 7 years also. And there is still another one, the last of the batch, that has not...
Hi Hari. I have no photographs, however they are easy to find in internet. Recently I have received the information from Rarepalms. Please look below. Regards ...
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Aug 4, 2008 8:24 am
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... It´s true that there are amazing stories about seed germination, and we should never through away a seed untill it is completely rotten, but is is also...
... [Palms] Seeds Its true that there are amazing stories about seed germination, and we should never through away a seed untill it is completely rotten, but...
Hi Ruud, I contacted a horticulturist, Greg Hambali, and he's refering Bogor Botanical Garden has it. Unfortunately when I contacted them, the person saying...
You are correct and obviously if you want germination for production, fresh is the way to go. But we have only just been talking about how long seeds remain...
Hi Hari. Thanks for your help! Years ago I have met Greg Hambali. This is a great man. not only about palms but many other plants. I have lost his contact. ...
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Aug 5, 2008 4:47 pm
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Hi Ruud, Glad to know that you know Greg too. Currently he has many grnophylium, sommieria, and siphokentia palms, as well as licuala mapu.He's more famous as...
Hi Hari. Good to hear from you again. Please keep in touch with Greg and the botanical garden in Bogor. Thanks! Regards Ruud Golden Lotus ,Thailand Curcuma...
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Aug 8, 2008 5:07 pm
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I have a number of Adonidia merrilli (Veitchia merrilli)"Golden Form" palm in my land for many years. All those years the unripe seeds are falling off the...
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Aug 17, 2008 12:12 pm
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Hello, Does anybody know a good web page which tells you about chromosome numbers of palm trees? I'm looking especially for agriculturally used palm trees. As...
Hello George. Calcium and Boron levels are okay. Normally this palm has a green crown-shaft and green leaves. However, the "Golden Form" has a yellow...
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Aug 20, 2008 8:54 am
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Ruud, Have you checked if the seeds contained embryos? George...
George. Never checked because the unripe seeds are very small. However, some seeds will make it to be ripe seed. My idea is that because a lack of chlorophyll...
goldenlt
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Aug 21, 2008 7:30 am
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Ruud, I had a chance to talk to the 'developer' of this form when I was looking for seeds to export. At that time he had stopped growing and selling them...
George. Thanks for your reply. I am surprised about "over supply". Many people are asking me for this seed!! If there are no "common" ones around the "Yellow"...
goldenlt
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Aug 21, 2008 10:24 am
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<<My idea is that because a lack of chlorophyll (yellow) the palm can't give enough food to the seeds.>> Why not? Where did the chlorophyll go? Plants protect...
Ruud, The Golden Adonidia had dropped in price here from about $25 per seedling to a tenth of that. Maybe it's because the green Adonidia is so common here....
Hi Denis. Brilliant explanation I must tell! I admire this! However..... my case is different. The Adonidia "Golden Form" doesn't exist in the wild, only the...
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Aug 25, 2008 10:05 am
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Greetings all, Wanted to introduce myself and look forward to learning much from you guys. Everyonce in a while I will have some palm or seedlings for sale out...
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