Cannonball / Couroupita needed

[The Silent Seed]

Preferably smaller plants - shippable size - would also consider seeds.

Let me know - thanks!

[The Silent Seed]

C'mon guys

[ThunderSRQ]

Although it doesn't look like he has any right now, I've gotten them here before (however, after I learned that these trees take 20 years to flower, I decided that growing seedlings was not a good option for me...)

So, it may be worth checking with him to see when he'll have more available (either way - he has lots of very cool stuff and everything I've gotten here has been in great shape, packed well, etc.)

http://stores.ebay.com/Polynesian-Produce-Stand

[SubTropicRay]

Too bad you're not closer. Fairchild offered them at their fall member's day plant sale this past October. Needless to say, it's one of the plants that ran out the fastest.

[The Silent Seed]

Thanks guys!

May I ask how much those Fairchild trees sold for? Do you remember?

Interesting that they sold out that fast - for such a large tree.

[SubTropicRay]

$22 for a 3 gallon specimen. The plants leaving the sale were easily 3-4 feet tall.

[The Silent Seed]

Dang - I would have bought them all

Still looking.

[The Silent Seed]

Still looking - any leads ?

[Loxahatchee Adam]

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Edited January 5, 2015 by Loxahatchee Adam

[The Silent Seed]

Adam - ?

Still looking….

[The Silent Seed]

Bump

[Moose]

Preferably smaller plants - shippable size - would also consider seeds.

Let me know - thanks!

The seeds are big, a three gallon container is a seedling size. Its a huge tree and is not an ideal candidate for indoor cultivation.

[The Silent Seed]

Thanks for your input, Moose.

I grow many huge growing plants so that's not an issue. (It's not as if I didn't know)

Still hoping somebody can provide me with a viable lead.

[The Silent Seed]

Still looking.

[Loxahatchee Adam]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-FLORIDA-CANNONBALL-Tropical-Flower-Tree-Couroupita-Guianensis-/151625947969?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item234d9c5b41

[The Silent Seed]

Thank you. I had contacted her previously. Appreciate the heads up!

[Yunder Wækraus]

On 4/10/2015, 10:23:58, Loxahatchee Adam said:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-FLORIDA-CANNONBALL-Tropical-Flower-Tree-Couroupita-Guianensis-/151625947969?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item234d9c5b41

Too bad I didn't think to ask folks on this forum when I sought out mine. I called a dozen nurseries before I found someone willing to order one for me from South Florida. The sapling was of a good size (taller than me with a trunk as think a woman's wrist). But it cost me almost $300 :-( (I believe it moved from A --> B --> C --> me in the transaction, and each party added an understandable premium.) I wonder whether they're ever offered for sale at larger sizes (at least for shipment this far north) and whet the cost for a larger specimen would be.

[Loxahatchee Adam]

I have I think 2 left I've grown from root cuttings of one of my trees here. They are 2-3 feet tall. Another one is earmarked for Leu Gardens.  Yes, definitely ask here for the rare/$$$ stuff :)