Despite some cold weather, a lot of my palm seedlings have done well and even grown (thanks to my little greenhouse). Thought I'd share with you all how they are looking now that spring is just starting here.

All these (minus a queen and another plant on the far left) are my Washingtonia filifera I started from seed this past late July (my updates and pictures of them in this thread). I put the best ones in bigger pots: a lot because I messed up with the soil before: it was too heavy and poorly draining. Used miracle grow potting mix this time with a good amount of perlite mixed in. They seem to be doing very well now: I've already noticed growth out of some.

The queen I sprouted last June or July taken from a tree at the McCarty hall palm garden at UF in Gaineseville. These have been the easiest and fastest growers for me.

Here's the parent tree I got the queen seed from. (tree on the right)

The greenhouse

Here's the other two queens (in front) I've sprouted from the aforementioned tree at UF. (and yes I know I really need to weed!)

Two Roystonea regia. One on the right is beginning to put out a second leaf.

Collected the above Roystonea regia seeds from under these trees in Redland, FL

Edited March 16, 20179 yr by Opal92

Another Roystonea regia. I collected this one from a tree in the Everglades. The 3 ones behind it are regular S. palmetto.

Collected the above Roystonia regia seed from beneath these trees.

 

My Sabal palmetto "Lisa" and below are my two Sabal miamiensis. Thank you PalmatierMeg!! (:

Some Ptychosperma species (I think either macarthurii or lauterbachii) from Redland FL. Sprouted last summer.

Two Dictyosperma album from Redland FL: sprouted last summer- the tree I got it from seemed almost a little dwarfed and had a blue crownshaft. I had dug these up from a community bed where I sprouted them. They actually saw some fairly low temps one time which damaged the leaves some. And I messed up by putting too heavy soil in those pots. I'm going to repot them soon. Despite all this, they currently are pushing out new little spears.

These two guys just randomly sprouted here. I must have been preparing seeds on our patio and they rolled off. I think they're Chamaeodorea radicalis- they survived 22 degrees unprotected with no damage (I think the one at top was damaged from someone stepping on it). I will try to dig these up and put them in pots soon.

 

Also, here's a link showing my work last year with these palms. Palm Germination Project 2016

Edited March 16, 20179 yr by Opal92

So excited, just placed my first Rarepalmseeds order!

I actually got more non palm plants (Eucalyptus dalyrmpleana, Eucalyptus viminalis, Araucaria angustifolia, Araucaria cunninghamii, and Radermachera sinica)

Though I did get Phoenix loureiroi var. humilis which I'm really excited about.

you go brotha!

Washingtonia filifera steadily getting bigger.

My remaining f2 green maypan coconut. It saw too much cold than I should have let it endure- I think it experienced freezing temps. Also, I had to move it out of the original pot it was in. In that process, it became bare-rooted. This was close to 2 months ago. As you can see though, it is still alive. There's even a new spear coming out that is firm in there.

New position for my pots this summer. I find when they get rainfall, it seems to stimulate much better/faster growth.

Ones unsprouted are

-Dypsis plumosa

-C. radicalis

-Sabal palmetto (filamentous leaf)

-Trithrinax acanthacoma/brasiliensis,

-Silver (cold hardy) queen

-Livistona sp. 'konstantinosa'

 

Edited May 11, 20179 yr by Opal92

Really nice mate, happy growing!!!

My first. C. radicalis is putting a leaf out of the ground!

Also, my Phoenix loureiroi var. humilis arrived in the mail yesterday.

 

C. radicalis sprouting

Dictyosperma album much happier after transplant into new potting soil that drains better. (brown leaves are damage from when they were in the unfavorable conditions, also from when they got a little too cold this past winter)

Here's the whole operation. All my palms mentioned before in this thread are doing great. I already need to transplant some into bigger pots.

I moved the smaller plumeria to shade my seedlings some. These pictures were taken a little after noon when the sun is brightest here. Into the afternoon, the whole garden gets more shade.

Good job, very nice!

Only 2 out of my 17 Phoenix loureiroi var. humilis sprouted. Still, I'm happy those sprouted at least!

I saw someone else comment one time that they are a "Dypsis killer." I kind of feel the same way. Have had no luck with 25+ Dypsis plumosa and lanceolata seeds. Used the same germination method I use with my other palms: but a lot of the Dypsis just rotted in the soil. They are pretty much the only stuff that hasn't germinated this summer. Just as well I guess, since I already have enough cold tender palms to worry about. Still, I would like to grow some nice Dypsis at some point.

Shoot me a PM if you want more seeds.

I might have sent you some already.

Anyone else want some? PM me too.

I know it's 2018 but I don't feel the need to create a new thread just yet.

My two Phoenix loureiroi var. humilis seedlings have been doing okay- just growing really slow. They got some damage from the cold, and I realized that the pots they were in were too big for what they needed- so I just now repotted them and found something interesting.

The soil level had been right below where my finger is on both of them. Looking back on it, I did think to myself how it looked as if they were buried. Oops! I guess I buried the seeds too deep when I planted them. Well, hopefully they will do a lot better now. The one on the right actually has another tiny leaf coming out at the base.

Anyone else growing this Phoenix species? or know how cold hardy they are when mature?