Kerriodoxa elegans with seed

[Bill Austin]

It's not so strange to get a kerriodoxa with seed in Hi. but it is the only one old enough to flower and this plant had male and female flowers and yes the seed is good,]. Mother nature playing her little tricks.

[Justin]

#1, I hope mine get to that stage. #2, I hope mine get to that stage.

Kind of like Fight Club.

[Pedro 65]

Wow thats excellent, this Kerriodoxa knows its in "Good Hands"

[Cindy Adair]

A stunning species, beautifully grown just couldn't wait to reproduce....

[Jeff Searle]

Bill,

That's the ultimate, to finally see your palms mature and eventually come into fruit. Mine looks to be about the same size and was planted approx, 8 years ago. thanks!

Jeff

[realarch]

Those look perfect Bill, never get tired of seeing this palm especially with seed.

[JodieA]

On 7/28/2012 at 1:13 PM, Bill Austin said:

It's not so strange to get a kerriodoxa with seed in Hi. but it is the only one old enough to flower and this plant had male and female flowers and yes the seed is good,]. Mother nature playing her little tricks.

 

Hi Bill, I know this is an old post but reaching out. I have 2 in the garden and one has had the white chunky fruit on it. I have all these seeds. Are they fertile as you need a male and female? The fruit has just been eaten over the years. Appreciate your expertise or if anybody else knows. I have not been able to find a reference to the seeds. Just fruit pictures.  Thanks, Jodie

[happypalms]

1 hour ago, JodieA said:

Hi Bill, I know this is an old post but reaching out. I have 2 in the garden and one has had the white chunky fruit on it. I have all these seeds. Are they fertile as you need a male and female? The fruit has just been eaten over the years. Appreciate your expertise or if anybody else knows. I have not been able to find a reference to the seeds. Just fruit pictures.  Thanks, Jodie

They don’t look like kerriodoxa seeds to me.

[Fusca]

I agree with Richard.  Kerriodoxa seeds should look like this:

 

[JodieA]

7 hours ago, Fusca said:

I agree with Richard.  Kerriodoxa seeds should look like this:

 

Morning, so the white fruit that are the size of the top of your thumb, are they the seeds?. Or are there 1,2 seeds in every fruit from what I have read. The seed sprays that came out of the palm had little yellow mushy small pods. how big are the actual seeds. Is my palm dehydrated maybe. This is the other palm we have, same time in the ground. Are they male and female? They look the same

 

 

[Fusca]

1 hour ago, JodieA said:

Morning, so the white fruit that are the size of the top of your thumb, are they the seeds?. Or are there 1,2 seeds in every fruit from what I have read. The seed sprays that came out of the palm had little yellow mushy small pods. how big are the actual seeds. Is my palm dehydrated maybe. This is the other palm we have, same time in the ground. Are they male and female? They look the same

I'm not growing Kerriodoxa but I am familiar with other dioecious palms that have separate male and female plants.  As the original poster noted, sometimes flowers of both sexes appear on the same plant.  The white fruits they produce are similar to plums with fleshy fruit surrounding a seed.  The cleaned seeds are pretty large - larger than a thumbnail in diameter so the fruits would be larger than the seeds.  I'm guessing that you have unpollinated fruits based on your description and photo in your other thread.  I suggest cutting one of the seeds open to see if you have an embryo and I'm guessing that you'll have an empty shell or solid middle with no white embryo.

[happypalms]

1 hour ago, JodieA said:

Morning, so the white fruit that are the size of the top of your thumb, are they the seeds?. Or are there 1,2 seeds in every fruit from what I have read. The seed sprays that came out of the palm had little yellow mushy small pods. how big are the actual seeds. Is my palm dehydrated maybe. This is the other palm we have, same time in the ground. Are they male and female? They look the same

 

 

Your palms look fine, they will drink as much water you give them. They only have one seed not two. The only way to tell if male or female is by the flowers. Little yellow mushy seed pods sounds like a female that is unpollinated flowers. The boys have a yellow powder.

[JodieA]

3 minutes ago, Fusca said:

I'm not growing Kerriodoxa but I am familiar with other dioecious palms that have separate male and female plants.  As the original poster noted, sometimes flowers of both sexes appear on the same plant.  The white fruits they produce are similar to plums with fleshy fruit surrounding a seed.  The cleaned seeds are pretty large - larger than a thumbnail in diameter so the fruits would be larger than the seeds.  I'm guessing that you have unpollinated fruits based on your description and photo in your other thread.  I suggest cutting one of the seeds open to see if you have an embryo and I'm guessing that you'll have an empty shell or solid middle with no white embryo.

thank you, I’ll do so when the next batch come on 

8 hours ago, Fusca said:

I agree with Richard.  Kerriodoxa seeds should look like this:

 

Morning, so the white fruit that are the size of the top of your thumb, are they the seeds?. Or are there 1,2 seeds in every fruit from what I have read. The seed sprays that came out of the palm had little yellow mushy small pods. how big are the actual seeds. Is my palm dehydrated maybe. This is the other palm we have, same time in the ground. Are they male and female? They look the same

 

 

[JodieA]

3 minutes ago, happypalms said:

Your palms look fine, they will drink as much water you give them. They only have one seed not two. The only way to tell if male or female is by the flowers. Little yellow mushy seed pods sounds like a female that is unpollinated flowers. The boys have a yellow powder.

That’s works with the female. There was 1 chunky white pod. I remember years ago there being a heap of large white berries on it. The other palm has never had any fruit or anything. I’ll wait and see

[Rick Kelley]

Just passing along the sad news that Bill Austin passed away about a month ago after battling lung cancer. This is a huge loss to the Big Island palm community. Bill was a great guy.

[Fusca]

Oh no!  So sorry to hear this!  😥  I always enjoyed seeing photos of Bill's palms and he was a great supplier of palm seeds.

[TropicsEnjoyer]

It is always sad when we lose those who loved nature. Condolences