Adansonia gregorii Boab Tree

[Tyrone]

I've managed to get some of these seeds. Does anyone know a good way to germinate Adansonia seeds?

Any thoughts appreciated.

Best regards

Tyrone

[Kamipalms]

Hey T,

These are very easy , soak for 24 to 48 hours untill they swell, place on heat as you would do for palm seeds and a week later their on their way.

Winter growing- stick the potted seedlings in a warm dry corner and forget about untill the following season- no water untill then.

Have some spare seeds if any one is interested.....

Jason.

[Tyrone]

Hey J,

I have two big Boab nuts here, are there multiple seeds inside? Do I crack it open? I've never done this before.

I also got some seeds of a Brachychiton that grows up near Exmouth. The leaves look like B acerifolia but the plant is much smaller with huge seed pods in groups of five. The trunks bulge like a Boab. The wildlife centre up there called them Brachychiton longicornis, but I can't find this name anywhere on the web and Kew doesn't recognise it. I feel they are a remnant open rainforest plant from when the climate was wetter up there. There is also a couple of Livistona alfredii up there in Cape Range as well, from when the climate was wetter. I'll post some info on that later, with some pics etc.

best regards

Tyrone

[Kris]

Dear Tyrone  

Iam glad that you are my type_iam fascinated

to the Adansonia Boaboabs(Madagaskar).

there are about 6 to 8 species avaliable.

and i tried to germinate seeds purschased

online using the baggie method & bottom

heat etc.they just rot.

i think those seeds were all old batch.

but here in India(Madras) i tumbled on a

boaboabs in a goverment nursery/Horticulture

society.there they had one boabaobs sapling

which i immedietly purschased for just half a

dollar price.

the mother plant was shown to me,just to warn

as to how big it grows_it was fentastic !

here is the still of that baby boaboabs sapling _

[Tyrone]

Krisachar, You have a beautiful little Boab there. It will be fun watching it grow and getting a giant water storing trunk. The species I have here is the only Australian Boab, the rest of course come from that wonderful place we always talk about on this forum, Madagascar. The Kimberley region in Western Australia used to be connected to the Madagascan area around Africa when the continents were joined. I wonder if there were any Boabs on the African mainland ever?

Thanks for your photo.

regards

Tyrone

[Kamipalms]

T,

Grab a hammer and start swinging!

The nuts are very brittle so place a towel over it as they tend to explode.

Inside you'll find a few hundred seeds amoungst the pith which you can eat if you have the taste for it. If not, just soak the whole lot in warm water and the pith wil disolve and leave the seeds behind. They clean up very easily.

I've heard that the good old WA Boab is not a true native. Apparently they think the huge seed pods floated to our shore line from somewhere not too far away but, the WA species is different to all other known species so they can't quite place the origon just yet.

Kris,

great example you have there , looks very healthy.

Jason.

[Kris]

Dear Jason  

thanks for those sweet comments.

and i wish to collect all the varities of that

species one by one.

but i doubt wheather i will be able to plant it

on ground.if not it can also be grown as bonsai's_

do you guys know that ?

Baobob lovers do visit this site_

http://www.buzau.com/baobab/taxon.htm

http://www.seedsplants.com/ResultC....%20SALE

Love,

Kris.