Hi, I'm a new member of the forums. I've joined because I am a good fam and I love palms and tropical plants. I live in Florida right now, I actually brought some palm seeds to germinate it's one of my hobbies. I successfully germinated 3 Pheonix Slyvestris, 4 washingtonia robustas, I also brought a young Palm tree like 3 years ago and it's a Wodyeta Bifurcata " foxtail Palm" I'm planning to buy seeds from rarepalmseeds.com to buy Clinostigma Samoense, Syagrus sancona, wax Palm, Roystonea and maybe edulis or ptychosperma depending my budget. I live in a condominium and I would like to keep palms and sell if I can. I will also appreciate to have a Palm collection.

I also germinated Sabal Palmetto

Of you live in a condo, Chamaedorea species would work well. There's lots of species within.

Kentia palms too.

The Sabals need sun.

Edited January 10, 201511 yr by Sabal Steve

Thanks Sabal Steve for your response. But one more question, do you think i should stop germinating because my space is really limited. What I mean is that if I were to germinate more than what would I do. If I lived in a other place like house with a big yard then that'll be no problem.

I did the germination thing too - it's fun, but the operation can get BIG fast.

Unless you plan on selling seedlings (which can be tough), maybe only germinate a few of each species. Perhaps 5 of each?

It's all up to you.

Emmanuel, welcome to palmtalk! Hooray

Thank you and good advice

How fast does Washingtonia Robusta and Foxtail Palm (Wodyeta bifurcata) Palm grows?

Welcome to PalmTalk. W. robusta and royals grow very fast and will outgrow pots in a few years. Foxtails, probably royals and S. sancona are not winter hardy in Jacksonville unless protected or brought indoors when temps fall more than a few degrees below freezing. Sabals can take your winters and grow slowly so can stay in pots a long time. By "wax palm" do you mean genus Ceroxylon? if so, be aware that those are cloud forest palms that need cool temps and cannot survive FL hot, humid summers.

Oh ok and yes I mean Ceroxylon Quindesnis I thought It can live in colder temperatures and your right its native lands the Andés is dry no humidity at all. Thanks

Edited January 10, 201511 yr by emmanuel.villanueva9

Where I live right now in Jacksonville, FL is USDA Zone 9A. I do protect my palms when Winter comes and take them all out for a hot humid summer.

How about the clinostigma samoense palm seems pretty attractive to have.

No Clinostigmas can survive your winters outdoors. Only C. savoryanum has a ghost of a chance for me; the rest are total no-go in Cape Coral. Ceroxylons are a no-go anywhere in FL - the sweltering summers are deadly. And I don't believe they can take very cold winter temps. Their temp range is so narrow (cool days, chilly nights) that they grow only in San Francisco to my knowledge.

If you want to grow tropical palms, try for smaller species like Chamaedorea (not "cloud forest" species) or Licualas (which are not winter hardy in your area and must be taken indoors at temps below 40F). Many Chams do all right indoors. Licualas need warmth, shade and high humidity. Heat and humidity can be big problems indoors during winter.

i live to 1 floor of my house,and I have about twenty species of chamaedorea and 5 species of rhapis, in growing under the ground floor of my house

at home, grow very well chamaedorea and rhapis

welcome to PT

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Edited January 25, 201511 yr by emmanuel.villanueva9