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Help with Ortanique Seeds

GTClover

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GTClover

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Has anyone germinated any of these? Should I use the baggie method for them all? Any special needs or advice. I know the Sabal will be easy, but I don't yet know much about the germination characteristics of the others.

Do seeds sold as Dypsis sp 'Andavakaka' have another name? Also there seems to be some conflicting information about S. blackburniana. What species is it currently thought to be? It would be a shame if it turns out to be palmetto since they grow wild in abundance in Abaco...

Thank you very much Joseph@Ortanique!:D

Susan

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sarasota alex

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Susan, when I got my D. sp "Andavakaka" from Ortanique (Thanks again Joseph!) 4 seeds have already generated on the way. The bag had just the right amount of moisture in it. A week later one of them now has a tiny green shoot. I'm now using the baggie method for rest.

The Kew Checklist lists S. blackburniana as a synonym of S. palmetto. Seeds look identical too. I'm going to germinate them and see if it turns out to be a Californian Sabal cultivar of some sort. I've also seen S. blackburniana used to describe S. domingensis, but those are not S. domingensis seeds.

Matt in SD Veteran

Matt in SD

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I have a few Dypsis 'andavakaka' that I germinated from Ortanique about 18 months ago. They seem to be different than any other Dypsis I've grown, I don't know what they are. They are good growers though, and if I had to guess, they seem like they'll be medium sized for a Dypsis.

Matt

San Diego

0.6 Acres of a south facing, gently sloped dirt pile, soon to be impenetrable jungle

East of Mount Soledad, in the biggest cold sink in San Diego County.

Zone 10a (I hope), Sunset 24

Matt in SD Veteran

Matt in SD

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Just found some photos of my Dypsis andavaka

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San Diego

0.6 Acres of a south facing, gently sloped dirt pile, soon to be impenetrable jungle

East of Mount Soledad, in the biggest cold sink in San Diego County.

Zone 10a (I hope), Sunset 24

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GTClover

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Those are beauties Matt, Thank you! These will most likely be house plants and perhaps the C humilis. The B. armata & Sabal I'll take with me to the Bahamas for a friend to sprout and watch over until they get big enough to plant. Has anyone germinated B. armata?

Susan

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sarasota alex

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Thanks for the photos Matt!

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mjff

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Has anyone germinated any of these? Should I use the baggie method for them all? Any special needs or advice. I know the Sabal will be easy, but I don't yet know much about the germination characteristics of the others.

Do seeds sold as Dypsis sp 'Andavakaka' have another name? Also there seems to be some conflicting information about S. blackburniana. What species is it currently thought to be? It would be a shame if it turns out to be palmetto since they grow wild in abundance in Abaco...

Thank you very much Joseph@Ortanique!:D

Susan

Use the baggie method for all of them. The B. armatas are going to want some serious heat to germinate.

Martin Farris, San Angelo, TX

San Angelo Cold Hardy Palms and Cycads

Jul - 92F/69F, Jan - 55F/31F

Lows:

02-03: 18F;

03-04: 19F;

04-05: 17F;

05-06: 11F;

06-07: 13F;

07-08: 14F 147.5 Freezing Degree-Hours http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?sh...ee+hours\;

08-09: 23F;

09-10: 12F 467.6 Freezing Degree Hours, Average Temperature During Freeze 24.2F;

10-11: 13F 1,059.5 Freezing Degree Hours with Strong Winds/Rain/Snow/Sleet, Average Temperature During Freeze 19.4F;

Record low -4F in 1989 (High of 36F that p.m.) 1,125.2 freezing degree hours, Average Temperature During Freeze 13.6F;

Record Freeze 1983: 2,300.3 Freezing Degree Hours with a low of 5F, Average Temperature During Freeze 13.7F.

PalmatierMeg Grand Master

PalmatierMeg

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Dypsis Andavakaka? How cool is that? Wish Ortanique would post some of their palm seeds.

Meg

Palms of Victory I shall wear

Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise)
Florida
Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal
Elevation: 15 feet

I'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade.

Tyrone Grand Master

Tyrone

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Just found some photos of my Dypsis andavaka

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You grow some beautiful high quality plants mate. Well done.

Best regards

Tyrone

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

 

 

LJG Grand Master

LJG

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Matt, put one aside. I have another unnamed dypsis you don't have we can trade.

Len

Vista, CA (Zone 10a)

Shadowridge Area

"Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are."

-- Alfred Austin

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sarasota alex

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My seedlings are growing at a rate of about 1 mm a weeksangry.gif All green shoots are still under a quarter of an inch in length. This is my first time growing any Dypsis from a seed. Is this normal?

Walter John Grand Master

Walter John

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what clear pics, must get a better camera.

Happy Gardening

Cheers,

Wal

Queensland, Australia.

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