germination Lytocaryum itapebiense

[Pal Meir]

Snail race from 31 August 2016 to 30 January 2017:

[Sanips]

wow, quite slow but the important thing is they're healthy. hope they speed up with age.

[Pal Meir]

»Conservation:—Much of the area has been converted into pasture. The area is unprotected and owned by cattle ranchers, who annually torch their pastures, burning deeper into the adjacent forest with each burn cycle, threatening the forest where this palm grows. The only known population is extremely threatened with only a few plants left in the wild. Most of the known plants were removed to save them from the expanding pastures. This species grows well as a potted plant and continues to flower and fruit more vigorously in a pot than it does in the wild. Therefore, ex situ conservation is a potential conservation strategy, and recent successes in germinating the seed have sparked new hope for the species (C. A. Guimaraes, pers. comm.). Nevertheless from our current knowledge, it is classified as Critically Endangered, CR B2ab(i, ii, iii, iv, v); C2a(i, ii); D.« (Noblick, Larry R. 2017: A revision of the genus Syagrus (Arecaceae), p.122)

[Kai]

Yes, it seems the species now depends on lunatics like us for it's survival. Loony or not, I'm confident we can grow our little seedlings into happily flowering and seeding plants. Maybe we need to set up a future pollen exchange program in order to make sure we don't inbreed them too much...

[Pal Meir]

Itapebi Monthly February issue; N°1604 too is pushing its 3rd leaf since 2017-02-06.  Any good/bad news from the rest of the Itapebi World?

[Kai]

Only good news on the recovery of my tiny Lyto baby Pal.

[Pal Meir]

Snail Race Month… er … Itapebi Monthly March issue:

[caixeta]

+ Two  seeds germinated after 1 year . .

[Pal Meir]

42 minutes ago, caixeta said:

+ Two  seeds germinated after 1 year . .

That’s really good news!

[Pal Meir]

Happy germination day, N°1601, today one year old: 

[Pal Meir]

Another birth … er … germination day: 

 

 

N°1602 is the tallest one.

[Kai]

It's looking very good! I'm surprised that they stay strap leafed longer than weddellianum.

[Pal Meir]

15 hours ago, Kai said:

It's looking very good! I'm surprised that they stay strap leafed longer than weddellianum.

When you look at this older photo taken by @caixeta in 2011 (as “L insigne”) you can see that L itapebiense will grow a couple of strap leaves before it goes pinnate:

[Kai]

1 hour ago, Pal Meir said:

When you look at this older photo taken by @caixeta in 2011 (as “L insigne”) you can see that L itapebiense will grow a couple of strap leaves before it goes pinnate:

Looks like 3, max 4 strap leaves.

[Pal Meir]

Itapebi Monthly April issue: 

No other germination news from the Itapebi World? 

[Kai]

1 hour ago, Pal Meir said:

Itapebi Monthly April issue: 

No other germination news from the Itapebi World? 

If only I had seeds Pal...

[Pal Meir]

Another happy 1st germination day: 

[Pal Meir]

… and the youngest of the four, one year after germination: 

[Pal Meir]

Pushing leaf #4: 

[Pal Meir]

And today again the newest issue of the Itapebi Monthly: What has happened in the Itapebi world in May 2017?  The palms N°1601, 03 and 02 are pushing their 4th leaf since 9, 10 and 21 May resp. and N°1608 finally showed its 2nd leaf on 27 May! 

 

 

[Pal Meir]

Here a bird’s eye view of the four bigger palm trees: 

And one more: 

[Pal Meir]

Will the 4th leaf go pinnate? 

[Kai]

28 minutes ago, Pal Meir said:

Will the 4th leaf go pinnate? 

Looks like it!

[Kai]

Here's my contribution...

My little seedling is having a hard time keeping up with the others but every little sign of growth is greatly appreciated.

The 2nd leaf is out. It is what I call a "recovery leaf". With a magnifying glass I believe I have spotted the tip of leaf #3.

[Pal Meir]

@Bananengeknl N°1608 is ready for emigration to NL, but doesn’t know the address; please PM me! 

[Kai]

The tip of leaf #3 is now evidently present...

[Pal Meir]

N°1608 is already on the way to NL @Bananengeknl: 

[Kai]

3rd leaf coming along nicely

[Pal Meir]

This is the sad story of a shipment by DHL (Deutsche Post) for a distance of 160 km by car for a parcel weighing 0.8 kg and a postage of 18 Euro: Even after FIVE days the parcel is not delivered.  Should it get delivered on Monday tomorrow (???)  it would have taken 6 days = 144 hours for 160 km / 100 miles, unbelievable ……… And I am very anxious if the small seedling N°1608 will still be alive ……… 

[Kai]

1 hour ago, Pal Meir said:

This is the sad story of a shipment by DHL (Deutsche Post) for a distance of 160 km by car for a parcel weighing 0.8 kg and a postage of 18 Euro: Even after FIVE days the parcel is not delivered.  Should it get delivered on Monday tomorrow (???)  it would have taken 6 days = 144 hours for 160 km / 100 miles, unbelievable ……… And I am very anxious if the small seedling N°1608 will still be alive ……… 

With your packing skills and current outside temperatures, I think the seedling will be fine. I've had barerooted plants underway for over 2 weeks and still survive.

[Pal Meir]

The parcel has been “successfully” (!!!) delivered in the city (???) Netherlands.

@Bananengeknl But has the palm survived after this WORLD TRIP lasting SEVEN days for 160 km / 100 miles on the road? 

[Kai]

I'm still wondering if the little seedling has arrived and is doing well.

Any news?

[Pal Meir]

3 minutes ago, Kai said:

I'm still wondering if the little seedling has arrived and is doing well.

Any news?

Yes, it arrived on Tuesday. I asked @Bananengeknl to post the photo he sent me by PM.

[Kai]

14 hours ago, Pal Meir said:

Yes, it arrived on Tuesday. I asked @Bananengeknl to post the photo he sent me by PM.

That's good news! Let's hope it will continue to thrive

[Pal Meir]

This is the last issue of the Itapebi Monthly. Now all remaining four seedlings are pushing their 4th (strap?) leaf (N°1604 since 2017-06-21):

[Pal Meir]

BREAKING NEWS!  

The 4th leaf of N°1601 is becoming partially pinnate:

[Kai]

Very exciting! My little seedling is exactly 1 leaf behind.

[Pal Meir]

The 4th leaf of N°1602 too is going pinnate: 

No other breaking news from the Itapebi World? 

[Pal Meir]

N°1603 has not yet any pinnate leaves, but is instead pushing its 5th leaf already: 

[Pal Meir]

Here an update of the Itapebi snail race: All except N°1603 have a partially pinnate 4th leaf, and all except N°1604 are already pushing a 5th leaf.