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Geonoma atrovirens flowering


Kaname-kun

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Looks like my Geonoma atrovirens is flowering in a small way. Wonder if I'll get any viable seed?

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amen to that

Meg

Palms of Victory I shall wear

Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise)
Florida
Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal
Elevation: 15 feet

I'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade.

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5 hours ago, Kaname-kun said:

Looks like my Geonoma atrovirens is flowering in a small way. Wonder if I'll get any viable seed? ...

Wow.

That would have caused me to freak out if I found that one morning. Congrats on the flowering. It has to be one of the largest specimens in S. Florida (especially among those grown in the ground) and it is perfect. We never knew how big specimens had to be to flower in cultivation, but now we do.

I guess the small surface inflorescence is adapted to be pollinated by crawling insects... like beetles maybe? Hmm. You could get viable seed right at the beginning, just depends on how well the flowers form at its first 'shot' at blooming. It would also depend on how easily the flowers are pollinated and if both male and female flowers are open at the same time on the same inflorescence; i.e. so the palm can 'self pollinate'. Chances are, you may need multiple inflorescences on the same plant in order to have a chance at self pollination, if it does (or will) flower that prolifically.

Again, it is a perfectly grown plant. It is easily twice the size of the largest one I had seen in person and that one was in a pot. The photo shows a happy palm doing it's best to smile.

Ryan

South Florida

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Well grown specimen….kudos! I’ve got several in the garden, fairly young, and have never seen an inflorescence before, so thanks for the post. 

Interesting that it comes from the base of the plant, I never expected that. My other Geonoma are trunking with the flowers relatively high. The only other South American palm I’ve got with the inflorescence coming from the base is a Prestoea ensiformis.

G. atrovirens is a striking palm and I had better luck obtaining larger specimens than bare root or small seedlings. Mortality was significant with a plants smaller than 1 gal. 

Boy, if you can grow them, give them a go.

Tim 

Tim

Hilo, Hawaii

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WHAAAT! How did you grow this in the FL heat, and especially in-ground?! :yay:

Naples (inland), FL - technically 10a but more like 9b in the winter :hmm:

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It's been in the ground two years, and was substantial when put in the ground, but maybe 1/3 larger now? Prior to that it was grown by in a pot in Florida.  But I have a very dense "rainforest" patch that is protected from sun and most wind. Even though my soil is pretty good, when I plant palms like this, I dig a very large hole and fill it with the best soil I can find. And I water daily.  But I'm not magic. I lost one in a pot a few years ago--just forgot to water on a dry, windy day. 

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