Pritchardia Seeds

[el-blanco]

These seeds are loving the rain! 

[Matt in OC]

Nice! What species?

[el-blanco]

Matt,  

I am pretty sure it is Hilldebrandii.  I planted it 13 or so years ago and bought it as Pritchardia sp..  Will be interesting to see if these germinate once ripe.  Ill be sure to spread the seeds  around to any one wanting some.

[realarch]

Looks like P. hillebrandii and a healthy one at that. Good luck with the seed. 

Tim

[el-blanco]

Seed Update - How long before these ripen up?  These ar getting pretty fat.  Probably needs some heat!

[quaman58]

Jeff, I'd guess another 3 weeks or so. They seem about full size assuming it's hillibrandii. The length & appearance of the fruit stalk seems to confirm that I.D. Great palm.

[richnorm]

My P. minor seeds take about a year to mature (turn black and drop). They're now starting to come up like grass! I will have to keep an eye on it for weediness.

[Matt in OC]

So how long did they take to ripen @el-blanco?

[WaianaeCrider]

Gotta turn black.  Not sure how long it takes.

 

[Frond-friend42]

Hillebrandii fruit should be nearly spherical and one inch in size. Maybe as they mature they will round out...?

[Frond-friend42]

Yes, they will round out I think. Maideniana and hillebrandii are quite difficult to distinguish, on my reckoning.  Fruit look about the same and are the same size. For example:

Are the fruit branchlets up to 4 inches long and mostly hairless (maiden's) or 5 inches long and hairless (hillebrand's)?

Also: are the fruit stocks shorter than to about equal to leaf stalks, or equal to the leaf stalks?

Their leaf coloring can be similar.  Maideniana supposed to have a kind of overall diamond shape in profile.

[el-blanco]

17 hours ago, Matt in OC said:

So how long did they take to ripen @el-blanco?

Hello Matt.  No one ever took these,  I  cut them off before they ripened.  There are seeds on it now so I’ll see what happens this time.

thx,  Jeff

[Matt in OC]

On 8/22/2020 at 3:58 PM, el-blanco said:

Hello Matt.  No one ever took these,  I  cut them off before they ripened.  There are seeds on it now so I’ll see what happens this time.

thx,  Jeff

Thanks, Jeff! Anyone know about how long it takes for Pritchardia seeds to ripen?

[mike in kurtistown]

Sometimes they can be frustrating in that they hang green on the inflor for months before ripening. Even then, they may drop green and ripen and turn color on the ground. Then, after turning color, they should be collected quickly before they dry out and rot, or are eaten by parasites.