Zone pushing new sp, arecas and a Pinanga in the collection

[happypalms]

Some new palms purchased prior to last winter in summer., so round two for these beauties facing another winter. Pinanga declinata, Areca rhephyptica and areca vidaliana. All the tropical growth has suffered in aclimitisation, with them being solely tropical sp. Some zone push winers in the collection now. It was worth the try. 

[JohnAndSancho]

Pinanga ❤️

 

I was really disappointed that I never got my Coronata seeds to sprout. 

[tim_brissy_13]

I think P declinata should be more than hardy enough for you Richard. Honestly I’m hoping to get my hands on one one day; it’s from some elevation in habitat so should tolerate cool conditions. 

[happypalms]

13 hours ago, JohnAndSancho said:

Pinanga ❤️

 

I was really disappointed that I never got my Coronata seeds to sprout. 

One of the easiest seeds around to germinate. Good viable seeds is the key as you would know. I germinate seeds by the hundreds in some batches, I get one or two only out of a batch and other times nothing at all, then with good seeds you can expect at least 70 percent, other times even with fresh seeds you get a low rate on certain varieties. Luck of the draw!

[happypalms]

1 hour ago, tim_brissy_13 said:

I think P declinata should be more than hardy enough for you Richard. Honestly I’m hoping to get my hands on one one day; it’s from some elevation in habitat so should tolerate cool conditions. 

The area they come from is an easy prediction for a lot of palms in those areas south-central vietnam, thailand and southern China palms do well in my climate. I just need to get my hands on some seeds. Now pretty well much any seed that becomes available to me I purchase unless I already have, or if want more of that particular variety. It has just become so hard to get seeds now with a lot of countries that require phytosanitary certificates to import seeds. Before they could import without certification then export with phytosanitary certificates for the country of origin, now they need both certificates import and export. So a lot of home gardeners cannot even send seeds to countries where they would issue certificates for export. And that rules out a lot of sources for seeds. As you know we could collect seeds and post them away giving seed suppliers a lot more stock to re export with certificates. It’s just becoming a logistical nightmare for some people, especially the home gardeners with a rare palm in there garden that was special to the rest of the world palm growers. Such a shame governments will be to blame for a rare palm becoming extinct. Imagine if I had a flowering Tahina in my garden and paperwork stood in the way, and it was the last Tahina standing on the planet. That’s just an example of course iam sure they would be distributed but that’s the legality of it all, stemming from government bureaucracy! 

[JohnAndSancho]

1 hour ago, happypalms said:

One of the easiest seeds around to germinate. Good viable seeds is the key as you would know. I germinate seeds by the hundreds in some batches, I get one or two only out of a batch and other times nothing at all, then with good seeds you can expect at least 70 percent, other times even with fresh seeds you get a low rate on certain varieties. Luck of the draw!

It was before I really knew what I was doing. I've got a long way to go and hundreds of failures before I catch up to you and some of the other pros on here. Hell I still barely know what I'm doing. 

[peachy]

Two nights in a row of 0c and several of 2 to 3c. Cold days of 15 to 20 with an icy wind just to round it off. So far all my high risk babies are okay, just a Socratea looking slightly yellow. The Sommeria and my Iguanura don't seem to be affected yet. Some of the Caladiums have not even tried to go dormant but the ground is very dry.  Yes even after all that recent rain, the palms have drank it all and I have to water daily ! This is the time of year when my rampant zone pushing doesn't seem like the good idea it was back in summer.

Peachy

[happypalms]

8 hours ago, peachy said:

Two nights in a row of 0c and several of 2 to 3c. Cold days of 15 to 20 with an icy wind just to round it off. So far all my high risk babies are okay, just a Socratea looking slightly yellow. The Sommeria and my Iguanura don't seem to be affected yet. Some of the Caladiums have not even tried to go dormant but the ground is very dry.  Yes even after all that recent rain, the palms have drank it all and I have to water daily ! This is the time of year when my rampant zone pushing doesn't seem like the good idea it was back in summer.

Peachy

I know the feeling, we have gotten lows to 3 degrees, it’s that’s icy snow winds we had last week I don’t like. I will be interested in seeing if the sommieria lives I have a hundred seeds coming in the mail. My one MAPU is alive in the hothouse so far but I fear for it I might bring it inside but really iam not that fussed about it I germinated it myself so going for cool tolerance in acclimatised seedling, if it lives I will be surprised. My one caladium has started to go dormant but that’s ok. So far all my new plants are handling winter but it’s not over yet there will be casualties when you zone push. You will have to fire up that kiln and get warm by it maki g new pots.

Richard