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Germinating Queen Palm Seeds, and I have some questions.

JLM

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I gathered some Queen Palm seeds a couple of weeks ago, i cleaned at least 4 of the 13 off, soaked two of them in water, then put them in my little germination setup. Out of the two, one has germinated just within the past day or so. So now the question is, are these remote germinators? How deep does the pot need to be?

Palms - 1 Bismarckia nobilis, 2 Butia odorata, 1 BxJ, 1 BxJxBxS, 1 BxS, 1 Chamaerops humilis, 1 Chamaedorea microspadix, 1 Hyophorbe verschaffeltii, 1 Livistona chinensis, 1 Livistona nitida, 1 Phoenix canariensis, 2 Phoenix roebelenii, 2 Ravenea rivularis, 1 Rhapis excelsa, 1 Sabal bermudana, 3 Sabal palmetto, 4 Syagrus romanzoffiana, 5 Trachycarpus fortunei, 4 Washingtonia robusta
Total: 34

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4-6 inch pot should be sufficient...

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56 minutes ago, Scott W said:

4-6 inch pot should be sufficient...

Thanks! It should be ready for a pot within the next couple of days.

Palms - 1 Bismarckia nobilis, 2 Butia odorata, 1 BxJ, 1 BxJxBxS, 1 BxS, 1 Chamaerops humilis, 1 Chamaedorea microspadix, 1 Hyophorbe verschaffeltii, 1 Livistona chinensis, 1 Livistona nitida, 1 Phoenix canariensis, 2 Phoenix roebelenii, 2 Ravenea rivularis, 1 Rhapis excelsa, 1 Sabal bermudana, 3 Sabal palmetto, 4 Syagrus romanzoffiana, 5 Trachycarpus fortunei, 4 Washingtonia robusta
Total: 34

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Solo cup is fine as well let it fill the cup up with roots for a bit. Don’t go too big of a pot 

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JLM Grand Master

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10 hours ago, Rickybobby said:

Solo cup is fine as well let it fill the cup up with roots for a bit. Don’t go too big of a pot 

The pot i had in mind was probably too big to begin with. Its about 5 1/2" deep, not sure of the width but i know its 4" or more. Ill definitely be looking into solo cups!

Palms - 1 Bismarckia nobilis, 2 Butia odorata, 1 BxJ, 1 BxJxBxS, 1 BxS, 1 Chamaerops humilis, 1 Chamaedorea microspadix, 1 Hyophorbe verschaffeltii, 1 Livistona chinensis, 1 Livistona nitida, 1 Phoenix canariensis, 2 Phoenix roebelenii, 2 Ravenea rivularis, 1 Rhapis excelsa, 1 Sabal bermudana, 3 Sabal palmetto, 4 Syagrus romanzoffiana, 5 Trachycarpus fortunei, 4 Washingtonia robusta
Total: 34

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19 hours ago, JLM said:

So now the question is, are these remote germinators? How deep does the pot need to be?

Agree with the others regarding pot size.  And yes, they are remote germinators.:)

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Queen palms are not remote germinators. They germinate adjacently just like their well known relative Cocos nucifera, the coconut.

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8 hours ago, Valhallalla said:

Queen palms are not remote germinators. They germinate adjacently just like their well known relative Cocos nucifera, the coconut.

I disagree.  Not my photo (from florida-palm-trees.com) but the photo on the left shows the seed petiole connecting the seed to the cotyledonary sheath.  If it were an adjacent germinator there would be no seed petiole and the cotyledonary sheath would literally be adjacent to the seed.  It might appear to be adjacent because of the length of the seed petiole (or cotyledonary petiole) that is inside of the nut.

In this thread note that Syagrus sancona is described as a remote germinator which is even more closely related.

https://palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?/topic/47373-germination-of-syagrus-sancona/

 

 

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6 minutes ago, Fusca said:

I disagree.  Not my photo (from florida-palm-trees.com) but the photo on the left shows the seed petiole connecting the seed to the cotyledonary sheath.  If it were an adjacent germinator there would be no seed petiole and the cotyledonary sheath would literally be adjacent to the seed.  It might appear to be adjacent because of the length of the seed petiole (or cotyledonary petiole) that is inside of the nut.

In this thread note that Syagrus sancona is described as a remote germinator which is even more closely related.

https://palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?/topic/47373-germination-of-syagrus-sancona/

 

 

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Thats a very informative thread! Thanks for posting! I love looking over threads like that lol

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Palms - 1 Bismarckia nobilis, 2 Butia odorata, 1 BxJ, 1 BxJxBxS, 1 BxS, 1 Chamaerops humilis, 1 Chamaedorea microspadix, 1 Hyophorbe verschaffeltii, 1 Livistona chinensis, 1 Livistona nitida, 1 Phoenix canariensis, 2 Phoenix roebelenii, 2 Ravenea rivularis, 1 Rhapis excelsa, 1 Sabal bermudana, 3 Sabal palmetto, 4 Syagrus romanzoffiana, 5 Trachycarpus fortunei, 4 Washingtonia robusta
Total: 34

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1 minute ago, JLM said:

Thats a very informative thread! Thanks for posting! I love looking over threads like that lol

I really like those older threads too.  @Pal Meir did a fantastic job of labeling seedling photos.  He started one called "My Germination Projects" which had many different species of palm seedling photos labeled and he added many more in different threads.

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