Hi all,

Last year i visited the island of Madeira. Saw the palm on the picture and was able to get three seeds.

Now i need to know which palm it is.

Any ideas?

Greetings Eckhard 

I would guess Chambeyronia but i could be wrong, others will know more i think.  Good luck germinating them!

The seeds are Archontophoenix but not sure of the species.  Maybe A. alexandrae.

Chambeyronia sp.

1 hour ago, flplantguy said:

I would guess Chambeyronia but i could be wrong, others will know more i think.  Good luck germinating them!

One seed already germinated after 5 month. The two others still look good

I vote Chambeyronia as well. 

4 hours ago, Palmensammler said:

One seed already germinated after 5 month. The two others still look good

I think Chambeyronia as well; how about a picture of your new sprout with your hand for scale?

Chambeyronia macrocarpa. Next time throw rocks at the bunch of seeds a great way to collect more seeds, that is providing there is not a car park behind the palm. 

14 hours ago, happypalms said:

Chambeyronia macrocarpa. Next time throw rocks at the bunch of seeds a great way to collect more seeds, that is providing there is not a car park behind the palm. 

I'm afraid the other visitors might have called the gardeners and I would have been fined 

17 hours ago, DoomsDave said:

I think Chambeyronia as well; how about a picture of your new sprout with your hand for scale?

Hi Dave,

I assume there's not much you can see. The lighter as a scale. Second picture is a close up of the part right after ground.

Greetings Eckhard

1 hour ago, Palmensammler said:

I'm afraid the other visitors might have called the gardeners and I would have been fined 

Just tell them you’re a palm nut and they will understand iam sure. Show them your ips membership badge and they’ll understand, walking away saying we got another one nuts about palms. Here’s a picture off box full of Chams for you super easy to grow and germinate. 

1 hour ago, Palmensammler said:

Hi Dave,

I assume there's not much you can see. The lighter as a scale. Second picture is a close up of the part right after ground.

Greetings Eckhard

That's a Chambeyronia macrocarpa all right! I can tell by the speckles and the size.

I've sprouted hundreds so far from my trees.

That will make a great houseplant, though watch out for spider mites. Eventually it will get too big for inside your house, but it will be glorious for a while!

Keep us apprized of its progress!

23 hours ago, happypalms said:

Just tell them you’re a palm nut and they will understand iam sure. Show them your ips membership badge and they’ll understand, walking away saying we got another one nuts about palms. Here’s a picture off box full of Chams for you super easy to grow and germinate. 

 

I didn't need to tell them, while I was looking for seeds on the ground and in the bushes for a few minutes they realized I am.

When I walked down to their official palm area I found a nice Butia with lots of fruits. An elder guy (elder than me) starred at me like I was an alien when I began to eat some fresh fruits. When I walked away I could see he tried one too 😄

Greetings Eckhard

1 hour ago, Palmensammler said:

I didn't need to tell them, while I was looking for seeds on the ground and in the bushes for a few minutes they realized I am.

When I walked down to their official palm area I found a nice Butia with lots of fruits. An elder guy (elder than me) starred at me like I was an alien when I began to eat some fresh fruits. When I walked away I could see he tried one too 😄

Greetings Eckhard

Primeval basic survival instincts from caveman man days hey to eat fallen fruit from the gods. We haven’t changed much since then. I collected seeds once at sea world from a cycas near the cafe they looked at me like I was some sort monkey with two heads.

Richard 

Hi all,

Short update . 

As written I was able to collect three seeds. Et voilà, three little palms. Hopefully I can keep them alive during winter inside.  Will try the same as for my royal palm seedling which already survived two winters.

Currently they are inside as temps outside are to low for them.

Thanks again for the identification. 

Eckhard 

2 hours ago, Palmensammler said:

Hi all,

Short update . 

As written I was able to collect three seeds. Et voilà, three little palms. Hopefully I can keep them alive during winter inside.  Will try the same as for my royal palm seedling which already survived two winters.

Currently they are inside as temps outside are to low for them.

Thanks again for the identification. 

Eckhard 

Hello Eckhard, it's summer, I'm curious to know what temperatures you have in your city

Hi Giuseppe, 

Currently night temps go down to 9°C/48°F. And we have a lot of rain and wind.

Eckhard 

Thanks, Eckhard.
If I understand correctly, the minimum temperatures are 9 degrees Celsius. If so, they can live perfectly well outside, they can survive down to -2 degrees Celsius.