What’s germinating in the germination department

[happypalms]

You gotta grow em from seed if you want them. It’s much cheaper to germinate from seed than it is to buy seedlings. Depends how much cheaper and comes down to what’s available in the way of seeds or seedlings how you go about obtaining stock plants. So a check up on the heat mats to see what is popping up is Johannesteijsmannia Altifrons, leucothrinax morrissi, Johannesteijsmannia magnifica, Chuniophoenix hainensis, Oraniopsis appendiculata, chamaedorea gramminifolia, cycas sexseminifera, lanonia dasyantha, rhapis vidalii, chamaedorea genoformis, Caryota obtusa and Livistona alfredii. This little batch should keep me going for a while. Until the next lot of seeds arrive next week. All with bottom heating 30 degrees Celsius with fluctuating temperatures to 25 degrees Celsius. I find some like it hot and others like the temperature drop with rising temperatures. They may not look like much now but certainly will in the years to come. 

[Harry’s Palms]

Good job! I just soaked some Dypsis Decipiens that have a minimal chance of success as they were a few months old . A few of them sank to the bottom of the container of rain water . They soaked for about a week and today I planted in the garden , we’ll see. In six months or so there may be fresh seed from the parent so I’ll be waiting for those. I like planting seeds randomly about the garden . The only problem…I forget what I planted where. These , I will keep track of! Harry

[tim_brissy_13]

Great work Richard! Can’t imagine there’s many R vidalii in Aus. 

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43 minutes ago, Harry’s Palms said:

Good job! I just soaked some Dypsis Decipiens that have a minimal chance of success as they were a few months old . A few of them sank to the bottom of the container of rain water . They soaked for about a week and today I planted in the garden , we’ll see. In six months or so there may be fresh seed from the parent so I’ll be waiting for those. I like planting seeds randomly about the garden . The only problem…I forget what I planted where. These , I will keep track of! Harry

Doing well to get  some decipiens seeds in. You just never know your luck with seeds. Planting seeds is fun you just never know what you will get in the way of surprises, one in a million chance of something unique or even better variegated plants. Keep an eye on them decipiens are a great palm. 
Richard 

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45 minutes ago, tim_brissy_13 said:

Great work Richard! Can’t imagine there’s many R vidalii in Aus. 

If I have my way there will be a few more.