Allagoptera Arenaria Spathe

[Jubaea_James760]

Didn't think this would be happening so soon! Was walking around after the rains on Saturday here in California & was pleasantly surprised. 

 

 

[Jubaea_James760]

Picture of my other one ( not flowering yet)

Sucks that these get fried every winter here in my climate zone...  this one has put out 6 leaves so far though, so I'd say they pretty fast. If your able to look at ugly burnt crisp leaves for a few months they might be worth a try. These ones took 19f last winter with no protection. 

[Merlyn]

My largest one flowered at about the same size.  I was backing out of the driveway and saw a bunch of yellow stuff on the ground....whaaaa???  I didn't think they'd flower at such a small size either, but I suppose they are not usually a huge palm anyway.

[necturus]

It may be for the best if they burn every year. If the heart gets above ground they are more likely to die in a freeze. My small ones survived Palmageddon but bigger ones at Mercer Botanical Garden croaked.

[OC2Texaspalmlvr]

My A.Arenaria was one of the easiest palms to grow in our area. It suckered profusely and never freeze burned even during Palmageddon albeit I did put a frost cloth over it. Very underrated palms I miss mine haha 

T J 

[Merlyn]

I checked mine this morning, it is flowering again!  Mine hasn't been suckering...yet.  How big do they need to be before they start?

[Jubaea_James760]

@Merlyn, what a beauty! 

[Jubaea_James760]

I planted 2 in hopes of having a male & female  only to realize they're monoecious lol! Which is a huge plus. Not sure if I'll ever get seeds though... they flower to close to fall. 

[Merlyn]

I planted that one from MB Palms a while back, and then moved it to the front about 2 years ago.  It is finally showing some of the curly-q leaves that I have been waiting for.  I have three other smaller ones about half that size, and three strap leafers in the ground with a couple extra strap leafers in pots.  As you can guess, I really like this palm!

[OC2Texaspalmlvr]

2 hours ago, Merlyn said:

How big do they need to be before they start?

So I got mine from @Philas a 5g single. Maybe a little bit smaller then yours. It split prolly about a year after getting into the ground. I think the splitting happens if i recollect after a hard freeze. It seemed like every time it got below 28° that winter next spring an off shoot would form. It never had any damage except after Palmageddon where they spear pulled. 

T J 

[TheMadScientist]

I bought about 5 different species from a PT member (this being one)  in the middle of 2011 and each went directly into the soil.  I posted last year in 2021 on the main discussion board when mine finally produced the "corn cob on a stick" seed pod but never remember seeing a flower pod.  9-25-2021 I started collecting what I call "candy corn looking seeds" being ejected off the stick.  Cleaned easily, sown in 20 oz. cups with drain holes, 80 deg F heat and in 7 weeks, 3 germinated and in another 4 weeks, I had 10 seedlings out of 20 seeds.  This has been flawless all year, none have been lost and in 2 months, I will post my first year photo where they will all be at the 3 strap leaf growth. 

 

I couldn't find the photo of last years seed pod, but this year, I had a distinctive flower pod, photo attached from 5-5-2022 so about 4 months later, my seeds were appearing ripe....BUT, all of 2022 seeds are about 1/3 the size of last years and I will not spend time trying to germinate these.