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Emigrating to Australia: Rare hybrid seedlings

Jonathan Haycock

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Hi all,

I attempted to conduct research on importing palm seedlings into Australia, but have essentially drawn a blank. 

I have some rare hybrid seedlings of Jubaea, Butia, Parajubaea, and Syagrus. I would hate to have to give these up if we move to Australia. Is there any scope for taking them with us if we emigrate?

Aware seeds are ok providing they are clean, free of fungus and insects, labelled, and on the permitted list. However, this does not help me as there is very little chance the hybrid seedlings I have will be available as seeds.

For those of you that frequent Facebook, I’ve set up a group called “Pommy palms”, where many of the palms I’ve seen since emigrating to Australia have been documented. If you wish to be a member, copy and paste “Pommy palms” into Facebook to view the page and click “Join group”.

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No that will not work.

Not allowed without quarantine and the treatment with ethyl bromide will most likely kill them

Not so cheers

Steve

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Yes, as Steve said, not worth the pain and expense of watching them get killed by the Australian quarantine death squad. Worse than a Middle Ages hospital in there. If anything survives it, they'd likely die soon after release.

Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

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in Australia there are many species to grow,on the other hand, the butyagrus was also created so that it could be grown in colder areas where it was not possible to grow the syagrus romanzoffiana

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It's not impossible, although it is a painful and costly exercise. You have to ask yourself the following questions:

 

1. Will these hybrids grow in the area I am moving to?

2. Do I want to pay lots of money to have the  Australian Gov't  fumigate live plants and then look after them for at least 6 mths?

3. Do I know a registered plant importer with their own quarantine house that may take better care of them?

4. Would it be better to gift the said palms to a friend or relative to enjoy (with visiting rights)?

Daryl

 

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Gold Coast, Queensland Latitude 28S. Mild, Humid Subtropical climate. Rainfall - not consistent enough!

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2 hours ago, sgvcns said:

No that will not work.

Not allowed without quarantine and the treatment with ethyl bromide will most likely kill them

Not so cheers

Steve

Thanks Steve.

For those of you that frequent Facebook, I’ve set up a group called “Pommy palms”, where many of the palms I’ve seen since emigrating to Australia have been documented. If you wish to be a member, copy and paste “Pommy palms” into Facebook to view the page and click “Join group”.

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1 hour ago, Tyrone said:

Yes, as Steve said, not worth the pain and expense of watching them get killed by the Australian quarantine death squad. Worse than a Middle Ages hospital in there. If anything survives it, they'd likely die soon after release.

Appreciate your advice Tyrone. 

For those of you that frequent Facebook, I’ve set up a group called “Pommy palms”, where many of the palms I’ve seen since emigrating to Australia have been documented. If you wish to be a member, copy and paste “Pommy palms” into Facebook to view the page and click “Join group”.

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1 hour ago, Daryl said:

It's not impossible, although it is a painful and costly exercise. You have to ask yourself the following questions:

 

1. Will these hybrids grow in the area I am moving to?

2. Do I want to pay lots of money to have the  Australian Gov't  fumigate live plants and then look after them for at least 6 mths?

3. Do I know a registered plant importer with their own quarantine house that may take better care of them?

4. Would it be better to gift the said palms to a friend or relative to enjoy (with visiting rights)?

Daryl

 

Thanks Daryl,

 

Do you know of any plant importers that would offer this service? 

For those of you that frequent Facebook, I’ve set up a group called “Pommy palms”, where many of the palms I’ve seen since emigrating to Australia have been documented. If you wish to be a member, copy and paste “Pommy palms” into Facebook to view the page and click “Join group”.

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21 hours ago, Jonathan Haycock said:

Thanks Daryl,

 

Do you know of any plant importers that would offer this service? 

I used to Jonathan, but none of them are still operating...the last couple of imports were done via govt facilities.

Daryl

 

Gold Coast, Queensland Latitude 28S. Mild, Humid Subtropical climate. Rainfall - not consistent enough!

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10 hours ago, Daryl said:

I used to Jonathan, but none of them are still operating...the last couple of imports were done via govt facilities.

Daryl

 

Thanks Daryl,

When you say lots of money to bring them in, what rough total costs are we talking? If the financial aspects are not prohibitive, do you know of anyone that would be willing to guide me through the process?

For those of you that frequent Facebook, I’ve set up a group called “Pommy palms”, where many of the palms I’ve seen since emigrating to Australia have been documented. If you wish to be a member, copy and paste “Pommy palms” into Facebook to view the page and click “Join group”.

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If you really want to pursue this the following link will let you (hopefully) chase some answers Plant nazis oz

Good luck with the bureaucracy as I think you will need it

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Steve

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9 hours ago, sgvcns said:

If you really want to pursue this the following link will let you (hopefully) chase some answers Plant nazis oz

Good luck with the bureaucracy as I think you will need it

Cheers

Steve

Thank you Steve.

For those of you that frequent Facebook, I’ve set up a group called “Pommy palms”, where many of the palms I’ve seen since emigrating to Australia have been documented. If you wish to be a member, copy and paste “Pommy palms” into Facebook to view the page and click “Join group”.

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15 hours ago, Jonathan Haycock said:

Thanks Daryl,

When you say lots of money to bring them in, what rough total costs are we talking? If the financial aspects are not prohibitive, do you know of anyone that would be willing to guide me through the process?

On 1/21/2018, 11:50:18, Jonathan Haycock said:

Thanks Daryl,

 

Do you know of any plant importers that would offer this service? 

I used to Jonathan, but none of them are still operating...the last couple of imports were done via govt facilities.

Daryl

 

 

Hi Jonathan, from memory, it cost over $1000 per plant in total..that was 7 or 8 years ago. The plants were not large...6"- 8" pot size..that was for palms. Also imported some plumeria cvs about 10 years ago and they cost approx $250 per plant. Who knows what it would cost now.

 

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Gold Coast, Queensland Latitude 28S. Mild, Humid Subtropical climate. Rainfall - not consistent enough!

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