Howea bellmooreana germinating

[happypalms]

I collected a few bellmooreana seeds through a door knock and asking. So definitely fresh seeds and they have taken close to 8 months to start to pop up. No bottom heating just in the hothouse in a styrofoam box with a plastic banana bag wrapped around them. So easy to germinate just time is all that is needed. Now to see how many germinate but so far they look promising! 

[Harry’s Palms]

The Belmoriana is not as adaptable here as the Foresteriana for some reason , they do better along the coast . They are slower and just don’t thrive like Kentia. At one of the Sullivan gardens there is a huge one that throws seed all over . I may try grabbing some next time I’m there since Sevan ( grandson ) is so generous as to allow me to gather seeds. Kentia seeds sprout easily in the garden but it takes almost a year. Definitely a slow genus to germinate. I have quite a few little seedlings here and there . The only Bell palm I have is under two big Kentia and is soooo slow . The Kentia seedlings are passing it up! 
Those will someday be lovely palms ! Harry

[happypalms]

7 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

The Belmoriana is not as adaptable here as the Foresteriana for some reason , they do better along the coast . They are slower and just don’t thrive like Kentia. At one of the Sullivan gardens there is a huge one that throws seed all over . I may try grabbing some next time I’m there since Sevan ( grandson ) is so generous as to allow me to gather seeds. Kentia seeds sprout easily in the garden but it takes almost a year. Definitely a slow genus to germinate. I have quite a few little seedlings here and there . The only Bell palm I have is under two big Kentia and is soooo slow . The Kentia seedlings are passing it up! 
Those will someday be lovely palms ! Harry

It may not necessarily be slow it could be the palm itself not the genus. I have many of the same genus of palms and some are still runts while others are powering up with trunks. All planted at the same time from the same seed batch. Some in good spots I theres in bad spots all equally doing different things. It’s a difficult thing to work out why? But they are lovely palm with such a punk look, I see some fantastic stunted thin trunk ones in gardens with leaves are curved that much they are almost touching the trunk there that curled over hence the name curly palm. 
Richard