47 years from seed !

[tinman10101]

a homage to your dedication Darold.  like everyone else you should be very proud.  i hope it will stand the test of time long after we are all gone.  

[Tomas]

Darold, congratulations for your beautiful and rare palm!

It is said, the best period to plant a tree is 20 years ago, now I know it is 47 years 😃

Here is my contribution to the heat tolerance discussion

Here is my plant, 9 years from seed in pot, please have a look at the (especially minimum) temperatures for July in Rome, the plant looks better than ever. June was not better 🤔

[Tropical Toni]

On 7/23/2025 at 1:33 PM, Darold Petty said:

Here is an update on my Ceroxylon  quindiuense.  The seed collection was in Columbia, 1978,  by my late palm mentor, Garrin Fullington.  I ground planted it in the spring of 1983. It is a sibling from the same seed batch as the two plants in San Francisco Botanic Garden.  I have not found aborted flowers on the ground yet, so the gender is unknown.

This is just awesomeness !!! What a LOVELY palm !!! 

 

I've been wanting to try growing one of these from seed. Do you remember how long the seeds took to germinate ? 

 

Also how large was the palm when it went in the ground ? 

[Darold Petty]

Ceroxylon species usually take 6-8 months to germinate, do not use bottom heat.  This palm was from a '5-gallon' pot, and was about 30 inches tall, with a base diameter of 2 inches.  ( 75x5 cm )