Can this be a Pigafetta?

[doranakandawatta]

I wonder how I got this plant (from seeds I never expected to grow?).

After having planted it last august, I notice quite a strong growth, but I wonder which species it can be:

[Daryl]

Hi Philippe, it certainly looks like one...most likely P.elata

 

Daryl

 

[Cindy Adair]

Hi Philippe! Yes, looks just like mine that I grew from seed and about the same size too! I will try to get a recent photo soon and you can compare.

I hope ours will both grow quickly!

[doranakandawatta]

8 hours ago, Cindy Adair said:

Hi Philippe! Yes, looks just like mine that I grew from seed and about the same size too! I will try to get a recent photo soon and you can compare.

I hope ours will both grow quickly!

HI Cindy, yes we can wish they grow nicely.

But if I remember that this one was a frail seedling in the pot, since it's in the ground it became strong and fat. So we can expect a good  growth.

[Cindy Adair]

Finally got a chance to take some photos. First my P. elata (black). Planted as a very tiny seedling I started myself April 2012. Cattle "pruned" it spines and all 2013.

 

[Cindy Adair]

Here is my more recently chewed P. filaris from a seedling planted in May 2015.

[doranakandawatta]

January 2017:

Actually we have to be very careful when passing by this monster, thorns also underneath the leaves!

Weeding or removing old leaves is..... a nightmare !

 

[palmfriend]

Philippe, this is definitely a pigafetta - tomorrow I am going to post some pics of my (unfortunately only) one for comparison -

but right now it is midnight over here, no way of taking pics at the moment.

Please hold on for a few hours -

best regards

 

[foxtail]

All nice, Cindy's and Philippe's.

Which is the trick to germinate them?

I have some seeds- about 3 or 5 months in a zip lock, pot, etc...- and still  or 

[TexasColdHardyPalms]

The thorns dont look like fun.

[palmfriend]

Hello there,

here is my one - exactly one year old (germinated in January last year).

At the moment it is a little bit chilly (around 20C/68F) and windy from the north, but it is hanging in

and continously pushing a new spears.

Here a closer look...

..and a very closer look...

Fascinating! 

1 hour ago, foxtail said:

All nice, Cindy's and Philippe's.

Which is the trick to germinate them?

I have some seeds- about 3 or 5 months in a zip lock, pot, etc...- and still  or 

I have ordered three or four seed packages (10 seeds each) and got one out of it... A lot of them have popped up but didn`t make it.

I have kept the temperatures at around 26C and made sure that the peat moss was moist (I used boxes) - that is all I can say.

Probably you need some luck with them...

...

best regards

 

[foxtail]

1 minute ago, palmfriend said:

Hello there,

here is my one - exactly one year old (germinated in January last year).

At the moment it is a little bit chilly (around 20C/68F) and windy from the north, but it is hanging in

and continously pushing a new spears.

Here a closer look...

..and a very closer look...

Fascinating! 

I have ordered three or four seed packages (10 seeds each) and got one out of it... A lot of them have popped up but didn`t make it.

I have kept the temperatures at around 26C and made sure that the peat moss was moist (I used boxes) - that is all I can say.

Probably you need some luck with them...

...

best regards

 

Nice one, man.

Yeah, I need luck but quickly!!!!!

[realarch]

Philippe, you're going to be busy picking up spiky fronds once that thing starts to crank. They are huge too, but not particularly heavy. You will suffer damage on the 

understory palms beneath, what will become, a monster. Luckily, I planted mine in a place where they can as messy as in habitat. 

I'll take some photos tomorrow to give you an idea. 

Tim

[doranakandawatta]

3 hours ago, realarch said:

Philippe, you're going to be busy picking up spiky fronds once that thing starts to crank. They are huge too, but not particularly heavy. You will suffer damage on the 

understory palms beneath, what will become, a monster. Luckily, I planted mine in a place where they can as messy as in habitat. 

I'll take some photos tomorrow to give you an idea. 

Tim

Be careful , but I am looking forward to seeing your pictures.

I wonder if porcupines like this species, since I saw they destroyed Thabit Suby's Nephrosperma!