Jubaea chilensis seed/germination question

[Gary Washington]

Can anyone tell me where I can but Jubaea Chilensis please, thanks Gary

[Frond-friend42]

Three years later. The biggest one trying to go pinnate:

[guy.forever]

For how many years do Jubaea seeds remain viable?

[tarnado]

On 11/3/2023 at 7:10 PM, Frond-friend42 said:

Three years later. The biggest one trying to go pinnate:

 

Any further updates?

 

[Frond-friend42]

2 hours ago, tarnado said:

Any further updates?

 

I got some good jubaea news today. The best looking one right now:

[Frond-friend42]

The biggest one was so badly burnt by too little drip on too long a trip in too hot of sun that a whisper of a spear-tip pull looked like the beginning of the end, but I just saw this:

[Frond-friend42]

And then there's this. The first of maybe 2 month old seed from Josue:

[tarnado]

Whew, I'm glad it pulled through! And you're starting more? Of course. Why not!?! I just got some seed from Josue as well!

[fr8train]

On 10/10/2015 at 11:11 PM, TexasColdHardyPalms said:

Do not crack the seed, that is a mistake. As long as you source good seed they will start germinating in 3-6 months if your temperature is right. Germination wise they like it as cool as trachycarpus but have to have fluctuations in temperature or they won't do anything.  Too hot and the embryo will decay and leak out of the seed. 

I've tried like 3 times (maybe more) with no luck, and I've even gotten Trithrinax campestris to germinate quickly somehow recently. Pests seem to love these seeds more than anything else I've tried. Something always ends up digging them up. 

[Tyrone]

Here are some pics of the palms I germinated 8 years ago and the reason for this thread in the first place.

[Tyrone]

This one is 17 years from seed collected from a tree at Perth zoo and has since been cut down. It would have been about 110 years old. There’s one only other fruiting Jubaea in WA and it’s at Perth zoo. This one had its seed stolen after germination at one leaf stage and it just stalled. It put it back 10 years. 

[Jonathan]

Those are looking great...they make a nice landscape plant even when small. Definitely worth planting, despite the loooooong wait for a trunk!

[Tyrone]

41 minutes ago, Jonathan said:

Those are looking great...they make a nice landscape plant even when small. Definitely worth planting, despite the loooooong wait for a trunk!

Yeah, they’re not the fastest growing palm for me but they are way faster than my slowest growing stuff. I would put them at a medium pace and they seem to like the climate here. I think there is only 2 degrees of latitude difference between my place and habitat in Chile. 

[quaman58]

Looking great Tyrone! You actually inspired me to go out and take a picture or two in my own yard. First is one that is about 12 years old from seed. I had a retaining wall put in, and I knew that I needed to transplant a thing before that went in, but that would mean I had to work, so I ignored it. Now that it has a dripper head to it I’m thinking “oh boy…could be another mid-plant”..

 

[quaman58]

Here’s another testament to my idiocy. Years ago, I would just throw seeds against the fence near a water source. As they came up for the first few years, I would dig them up and give them to friends and fellow palm talkers. This one came up after everybody else had germinated and been moved. And so for years, I kept telling myself, “one of these days I have to get in and remove that guy“. The years passed… It’s now pinnate, about 4 feet tall, pushed against the fence and right over the top of my new irrigation system. What could possibly go wrong? 😑

[quaman58]

Oops, forgot the picture.