Carpoxylon macrospermum propagation

[happypalms]

An easy palm to grow and germinate no bottom heating just in the hothouse in the styrofoam box with a lid a plastic bag over the box would do the same affect I find the lid helps with not over cooking the seeds and drying out in the hothouse they germinated in around 6 weeks  I have a couple planted  in the ground they seem to be growing well in my climate survived two winters a nice palm to have in any collection 

[Tyrone]

That brings back memories. I loved my Carpoxylons in my old garden. Too cold where I am now. If I lived where they thrived I’d fill the garden up with them. Awesome palm. 

[happypalms]

10 minutes ago, Tyrone said:

That brings back memories. I loved my Carpoxylons in my old garden. Too cold where I am now. If I lived where they thrived I’d fill the garden up with them. Awesome palm. 

Hi Tyrone yes an absolute beautiful palm I can’t wait ten years for my ones to start there show New Caledonia and Vanuatu palms grow well in my climate 

[Johnny Palmseed]

Nice work. These have been difficult for me to get past picture # 6. They grow like a rocket and then fizzle out at that stage. I haven’t figured out what the issue is.

[Navarro]

Los he visto prosperar en dos viveros diferentes dentro del invernadero sin calefacción ni nada con temperaturas en invierno de 32 y en verano de 104  pero luego en exterior su cultivo parece imposible en climas mediterráneos 

[John hovancsek]

Here we n Hawaii they can be weeds. I have had them land on a rock and still find a way to grow but they are for sure a beautiful palm. I grew this one from seed 

[happypalms]

7 hours ago, Johnny Palmseed said:

Nice work. These have been difficult for me to get past picture # 6. They grow like a rocket and then fizzle out at that stage. I haven’t figured out what the issue is.

 

7 hours ago, Johnny Palmseed said:

Nice work. These have been difficult for me to get past picture # 6. They grow like a rocket and then fizzle out at that stage. I haven’t figured out what the issue is.

I have been watering that one quite a lot if that helps your grow situation but they are a spectacular palm 

[happypalms]

1 hour ago, John hovancsek said:

Here we n Hawaii they can be weeds. I have had them land on a rock and still find a way to grow but they are for sure a beautiful palm. I grew this one from seed 

Nice looking carpoxylon growing in sunny Hawaii they don’t seem to worry about rocks 

[happypalms]

2 hours ago, Navarro said:

Los he visto prosperar en dos viveros diferentes dentro del invernadero sin calefacción ni nada con temperaturas en invierno de 32 y en verano de 104  pero luego en exterior su cultivo parece imposible en climas mediterráneos 

Yes it’s disappointing to get such a beautiful palm and will not grow in your climate we persist in trying to grow them only killing them until we give up growing them and discover another species to grow 

[Tyrone]

11 hours ago, happypalms said:

Hi Tyrone yes an absolute beautiful palm I can’t wait ten years for my ones to start there show New Caledonia and Vanuatu palms grow well in my climate 

Was it locally grown seed or from further afield?

[happypalms]

11 hours ago, Tyrone said:

Was it locally grown seed or from further afield?

I purchased 400 seeds it was locally grown just imported seeds so no acclimatising but I feel if you germinate them in a cold climate it helps a little bit   with cold temperatures but seeds acquired from cold climates fair a lot better in cold hardiness all round 

[Tyrone]

I was just wondering if there were fruiting ones in Australia yet. Townsville Palmetum had a heap of them but I haven’t been there since 2007. They are a true tropical to warm subtropical palm. If I lived from Geraldton to Carnarvon in WA and had a really good water supply I’d grow heaps of them. Any further south and they get tricky during a wet cold winter. Too wet and they die, too dry and they die. You have to walk that very tricky middle road in winter when it gets cold. 

[happypalms]

6 hours ago, Tyrone said:

I was just wondering if there were fruiting ones in Australia yet. Townsville Palmetum had a heap of them but I haven’t been there since 2007. They are a true tropical to warm subtropical palm. If I lived from Geraldton to Carnarvon in WA and had a really good water supply I’d grow heaps of them. Any further south and they get tricky during a wet cold winter. Too wet and they die, too dry and they die. You have to walk that very tricky middle road in winter when it gets cold. 

I got my seed from Hawaii there would be some in cairns region for sure those palm growers don’t miss a trick growing the rare and newly introduced varieties in a fast speed of growth we all dream of in the subtropics