Amhertsia seed/Palm swap

[rooikop]

I am looking for Amhertsia seed ,to buy or swap for palm seeds, someone who collects palms may have a Amhertsia in their garden ,Can anyone help .thanks,

[Cindy Adair]

I am sorry I can’t help, but can pass along my funny experience with seeding Amherstia. 

In the mountains of Puerto Rico they grow very well, but seem to need to be very big before they make seed. 

Apparently I am a good luck charm when it comes to these as not once, but twice, I spotted the very first pods, just as the owner of each of the two trees (miles and years apart) was telling me that their big trees had never made seed.

So funny! 
 

In the first instance with Felipe Osborne (now sadly deceased) he insisted on giving me the seed pod.

It contained two seeds which germinated quickly and I gave one to a friend of mine and Felipe’s and planted one on my first farm in PR. 
 

The second instance happened more recently when I was actually telling that story to another tree owner who knew Felipe, when I saw a pod!
 

They plan to sprout them and see if having several trees nearby might improve production.

I ordered some seeds off eBay online, but they did not look the same and sure enough they turned out to be Saracas.

I understand air layering is the more common method and I finally managed to purchase one here, but the grower does not want to sell anymore.

I would love to have at least two more!

Good Luck to you and keep checking every tree for the beautiful and distinctive red and yellow seed pods!