Hyphaene coriacea

[aztropic]

Just started a Hyphaene coriacea from seed. Amazingly fast grower on seed power. Large seeds produce large sprouts. Planted in a 5 gallon pot,the sprout is already over 2 feet tall and still going. Grows so fast,I think I can almost hear it growing! 😄 

 

aztropic 

Mesa, Arizona 

[StxPalms]

That's amazing, did you do any scarification to it? 

[Fusca]

I got a couple of similar 5-gal seedlings from @Meangreen94z (thanks again Daniel!) and planted one in the ground immediately to avoid damaging the fragile root system.  I'm finding that the one still in the container is growing much faster so I decided to leave it alone to grow and just plant the entire pot in the ground once it gets some decent size to it.  I accidentally bent a single root of a H. petersiana during planting once and it lived for a year or so before succumbing.

[aztropic]

4 hours ago, StxPalms said:

That's amazing, did you do any scarification to it? 

Nope. Just buried the pear sized seed about 2" deep in a 5 gallon pot and it sprouted above ground in only a month. Guess it was ready to go when exposed to our extreme temperatures - several days in the 115F to 118F range in the shade.

 

aztropic 

Mesa, Arizona 

[kinzyjr]

I use a protocol similar to @aztropic.  Mine start in a gallon freezer bag on a heat mat at ~100F until they sprout, then get moved to a pot.

They love heat and moisture.  You wouldn't guess they were as moisture tolerant as they are given the photos of them in habitat from @Marius recent thread.