Who is selling parajubaeaX hybrids?

[GarrettP1]

I'm in the Florida panhandle (8b) and very interested in these.

My 3 mule palms laughed at 15 degrees F this winter....laughed and spit out new growth like a petulant 4 year old's tongue.

I tried to get hold of Patric (who had these previously), but no luck so far.

Suggestions?

Thanks!

[palm tree man]

They are very pricey palms. I would try larger parajubaea sunkha; they have done very well reportedly in extreme southern and coastal Georgia which is very similar to you climate wise. I have a current list from Patrick and he is a good guy but rare and hard to find hybrids are often costly because it costs a great deal to produce them. He is the only source I have found for that hybrid and the only reputable source and he is a very reputable grower and owner.

[GarrettP1]

Thanks.

I have both a p. cocoides and torallyi in the ground, but I want to try some hybrids of these.

I agree they are pricey, but nothing compared to a mature parajubaea of any species.

Garrett

[sonoranfans]

Thanks.

I have both a p. cocoides and torallyi in the ground, but I want to try some hybrids of these.

I agree they are pricey, but nothing compared to a mature parajubaea of any species.

Garrett

Patric's email is

coolhybrids@wildblue.net

he may take a few days to respond. Even at the prices patric charges its a lot of work to earn a modest living. Hand hybridized palms arent cheap and the butia x parajubaea is a gorgeous but expensive seedling as is the Jubaea x syagrus. these are the most expensive/difficult to hybridize. You can also get butia x Jubaea F1, and jubaea x butia F1 plants for very reasonable prices. Ask him for a price list when you email him. It will give you availability and price. if I were you I would protect th ehybrid for the first 2-3 winters in the ground till the roots establish. Even though they are cold hardy, young unestablished plants can have setbacks or even be killed with extreme weather in your zone.

[GarrettP1]

Thank you for the advice.

With both Parajubaea's, I grew them in a 60 gal container until about 2 feet tall before placing them in the ground. I would just keep them out by the garage door in the winter, and bring inside (with a dolly) when a cold front was coming.

I look forward to when some of us here start playing with genetically engineered palms. We still haven't isolated the alleles responsible for cold tolerance (as far as I know), but that is when the fun starts.

In the meantime, the hybrids rule.

[ErikSJI]

I genetically engineer palms all day every day. Let me know when those Parajubaea's start putting off a inflorescence and I will be happy to genetically engineer the palm you need.

[palm tree man]

Erik does grow not only really nice mule palms but also many other cool hybrids as well. I have several of his mules and they have not only looked great but performed well even during unusually harsh winters.

[Alicehunter2000]

Hey Garrett....you got any pics of your palms?....I'm right up the road from you. My mules did great this winter also. Here is my biggest one.

[Tropicdoc]

???????? Parajubaea cocoides on the Florida panhandle! Say it ain't so

[Mauna Kea Cloudforest]

I genetically engineer palms all day every day. Let me know when those Parajubaea's start putting off a inflorescence and I will be happy to genetically engineer the palm you need.

Hybridization is now called genetic engineering? I don't thinkso but Erik, you should get into the field, it's not that hard to do if you can get used to working in a clean lab setting. Attend a local makers fair, they always have workshops on how to do it.

[ErikSJI]

Thanks Axel. I will clean out the lab and get started.

[ErikSJI]

GMO palms. I wonder what the FDA would say.

[turfpro01]

I wonder how possible it is to genetically modify palms or cycads?

[Zeeth]

I wonder how possible it is to genetically modify palms or cycads?

Right now, psychrophiles are being used to enhance the cold tolerance of common crops, so it's possible that it might be used in the future for palm crops, most likely oil palm and coconut palm.

[ErikSJI]

Right now GFP. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982202004839

The labs right down the road from me had a big play in this. He even won the noble peace prize.

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2008/shimomura-bio.html

I have talked with them in the past about introducing this to palms. Mainly to see how lethal yellowing really works on a live palm and maybe understand it better.

[Alicehunter2000]

So Eric, you got any other hybrids besides BxS cooking?

[ErikSJI]

Besides the Mules I have syagrus schizophylla x syagrus r aka Super parrot and the foxy lady sprouting. Some one had mention sending me some Parajubeae pollen recently so hopefully I will get some of those done this year.