griphuz 0 Report post Posted October 8, 2008 Hi all! I'm looking for seeds of Schefflera taiwaniana or other hardy Schefflera's. Does anyone know a seed supplier or has anyone got some spare seed of this species? Kind regards, Remko. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eric in Orlando 4,844 Report post Posted October 8, 2008 Hi all! I'm looking for seeds of Schefflera taiwaniana or other hardy Schefflera's. Does anyone know a seed supplier or has anyone got some spare seed of this species? Kind regards, Remko. We are growing Schefflera pentaphylla (S. octophylla). This is a fairly hardy species, has tolerated mid 20sF with no damage. Ours flowers but has never set seed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mppalms 5 Report post Posted October 9, 2008 Hi, Eric. Is this the species that grows in Hong Kong? It looks like what I saw toward the top of Victoria peak. Jason Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_Keith 772 Report post Posted October 9, 2008 I have one here as well in 9a. At my former home in 8b/9a I threw it away as a houseplant in the woods next door. And when I say threw it away, I mean just that, I hurled it over a ditch into the woods. When I moved 8 years ago, I noticed it was still growing in the woods so I dug it up and took it with me. It continued to grow in 9a and when I moved again 3 years ago I dug it up and took it with me again. Today it is approx 8 feet wide x 7 feet tall. It took some minor burn back at 24 degrees and was nearly unfazed at 26 degrees last year. But to my knowledge it has never flowered. Should I do anything to encourage it to bloom next year? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eric in Orlando 4,844 Report post Posted October 9, 2008 Hi, Eric. Is this the species that grows in Hong Kong? It looks like what I saw toward the top of Victoria peak. Jason It maybe, according to this site http://74.6.239.67/search/cache?ei=UTF-8&a...=1&.intl=us this is where it is native to; China-Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, SE Xizang, Yunnan, S Zhejiang [india, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam]. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eric in Orlando 4,844 Report post Posted October 9, 2008 Here is a big specimen that was planted in 1969. It is growing at a wholesale nursery NW of Orlando. In the big freeze of 12/89, it froze only about halfway down. Granted it is in between heated greenhouses but it dropped to 19-20F 2 nights in Orlando and this area is a cold poket that might have saw down to about 16-17F. The common S. actinophylla were froze to the ground or even killed outright. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wai`anae Steve 18 Report post Posted October 9, 2008 Don't know which one we have here in the islands, but.....it has become a damm weed in the forests. Wai`anae STeve Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fastfeat 131 Report post Posted October 9, 2008 Eric-- That's a cool-looking tree. There are some young ones at the Broward County extension office in Davie but they are probably too young to bloom. I'll check for flowering/seed the next time I'm in that area. I wonder if there's one at Flamingo Gardens? Steve-- Most likely that the species running wild in Hawaii is Schefflera actinophylla. It is a noxious weed here in South Florida as well. It often starts as an epiphyte in tree crotches. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
griphuz 0 Report post Posted October 9, 2008 But nobody knows where to get some seeds? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eric in Orlando 4,844 Report post Posted October 9, 2008 But nobody knows where to get some seeds? I think that big tree sets fertile seed. Check with this place; Lake Brantley Plant Corp. 407-869-6545 ask for PJ Klinger Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
