Ravenea glauca from Andringitra

[Josue Diaz]

Just curious if anyone is growing this form of (or true species) Ravenea glauca. PHOTOS ENCOURAGED! I have the Isalo form which I got from @Perito and that palm is soooooo trouble-free for me. From my understanding the Isalo form is what most cultivated glauca are. 

 

Len has some great habitat photos here:

http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?/topic/47464-ravenea-glauca-from-andringitra/

[Darold Petty]

Josue, I think you must not have read Len's thread all the way to the end.  I posted my 3 seedlings from 50 seeds.  One has since died from a fungus attack but my remaining two are slowly increasing in size.

Also, Len has some larger ones.

[Josue Diaz]

5 minutes ago, Darold Petty said:

Josue, I think you must not have read Len's thread all the way to the end.  I posted my 3 seedlings from 50 seeds.  One has since died from a fungus attack but my remaining two are slowly increasing in size.

Also, Len has some larger ones.

Yep, got ahead of myself there! 

I ordered 20 seeds from RPS last year with no luck

[LJG]

Darold, congrats. I don’t recall the exact numbers but bet I am pretty close, Marcus has like 6 plants out of 1000 seed. I guess it was picked way too early. 

[Tyrone]

I ordered 100 seed and now have 4 two leaf seedlings. As the seed was collected from a remote area I actually think that the seed was a bit old, but never mind. That goes with the territory when growing new really rare palms.

[Tyrone]

Here is a pic of my 4 very happy specimens.

[Josue Diaz]

3 hours ago, Tyrone said:

Here is a pic of my 4 very happy specimens.

Lucky ducky

[Darold Petty]

Tyrone, it appears that your seedlings are in direct sunlight.  Was this the regular exposure or just for the photo? 

Len;how about the light levels for your plants, especially when they were the size of Tyrone's.  (And mine, !) 

[Tyrone]

20 minutes ago, Darold Petty said:

Tyrone, it appears that your seedlings are in direct sunlight.  Was this the regular exposure or just for the photo? 

Len;how about the light levels for your plants, especially when they were the size of Tyrone's.  (And mine, !) 

Darold I had these in clear plastic bags in a room against a window until about a month ago. Now they get some direct light as shown in the pics and they seem fine. I also kept them a bit o the dry side too.