Knell Sprouts

[knell]

Alright! Nearing the end of summer 2016, and the the winner of the Livistona drudei batch is...

amazingly enough, this sprout that I planted straight into the mucky ground on the west side of my room:

Starting its third leaf!

Here is a bonus pic of one of the deepot cell trays:

Front to back, left to right:

Row 1: Rhopalostylis sp. x3, Chamaedorea potential hybrid (picked from microspadix wedged amongst radicalis et al, probably just microspadix)

Row 2: Pritchardia beccariana, Dypsis plumosa, Chamaedorea hybrid/unknown x2

Row 3: Livistona drudei x3, Chamaedorea glaucifolia (two in one pot)

Row 4: Chamaedorea hybrid/unknown on either end, Dypsis plumosa and Livistona drudei in the middle

[Fishmoose]

On April 24, 2016 at 21:57:55, knell said:

Cocothrinax sp.

 

parent tree(s)

thank you so much @Fishmoose !

From the same batch.. going to be home with @Josh-O soon..

[knell]

I havent updated in a while, so I thought I would share this beauty that made me do a double take:

the first leaf of this Pritchardia beccariana is ~25cm! This is the largest of the batch and quite simply the most beautiful 'sprout' I have seen in my short time as a grower.

What a palm!

[Ben in Norcal]

27 minutes ago, knell said:

I havent updated in a while, so I thought I would share this beauty that made me do a double take:

the first leaf of this Pritchardia beccariana is ~25cm! This is the largest of the batch and quite simply the most beautiful 'sprout' I have seen in my short time as a grower.

What a palm!

They are nice at a bit bigger size as well (have some old leaves to take off):

[knell]

Believe it or not, this evening here in Northern California, I potted up a couple of Raphia farinifera:

@Rory

[knell]

Oh these Raphia...

I thought my larger sprout was growing slower than the other, turns out it had some sort of eophyl/plumule split that it was preparing for, where as the smaller is still extending the sheath part upwards rapidly (~3cm in one week, if you look very closely you can see where i drew a line and how far each one has split).

 

I am guessing these get very huge very quickly... here goes nothing!

[knell]

Dypsis baronii 'keeled'

 

Butia capitata 'super blue'

thank you @Josh-O

[Josh-O]

21 hours ago, knell said:

Dypsis baronii 'keeled'

 

Butia capitata 'super blue'

thank you @Josh-O

keep us posted on their progress!

[knell]

Raphia update...

10/20/16

almost...

10/24/16

and now today

 

10/29/16

[knell]

Second pinnate leaf starting on the big one, complete wih dew drop:

The longest root has come out of the bottom of the pot... should I repot it or let the rest of the roots fill the container? It is in a 9.5in / 25cm tall container at the moment.

[knell]

My parent's garden is on the other side of the San Pablo Bay, so it is interesting to see how the same seeds do in different places. Im not here as often, so it is more chaotic and things are packed in pretty tight.

P beccariana trio / J chilensis (top right) / Mystery sprouts

 

C quindiuense / D plumosa

 

W robusta, 1yr old, starting its second thorny petiole... such a rewarding grow

 

[knell]

Licuala peltata var. sumawongii 

thank you @DUNDEE

[knell]

Im still sprouting, dont you worry!

I bought some snake fruit (Salacca zalacca) at the market, and although the flesh wasnt fully ripe, the seeds still sprouted lightning fast (as Salacca seeds do, just drop them in water)