happypalms Sowing a few seeds

[Harry’s Palms]

5 hours ago, happypalms said:

A mad scientist lab I prefer!

I like to call it a secret underground laboratory that I tell everybody about ….WAIT! I guess it ain’t so secret after all , and always above ground , unless you’re the seed😂. In Biology class I once wrote a report on irradiated seeds I germinated in a lab. Now that was my mad scientist days ….in school. Harry

[Hu Palmeras]

Great about irradiated seeds, Harry! Hey, Harry, buddy. We won't have dinosaurs on our hands, but we will have palm trees.

[JohnAndSancho]

I'm curious about bottom heat with Styrofoam boxes. Are your heat mats inside the boxes? 

[happypalms]

4 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

I like to call it a secret underground laboratory that I tell everybody about ….WAIT! I guess it ain’t so secret after all , and always above ground , unless you’re the seed😂. In Biology class I once wrote a report on irradiated seeds I germinated in a lab. Now that was my mad scientist days ….in school. Harry

It’s no secret Harry we all know you have monkeys in the garden. But the underground lab with the white coats and stuff we had no idea at all, it shall remain a secret I won’t tell anyone @peachy only for now. About the best we did in high school was germinate bean seeds not radiated they wouldn’t let us near that stuff or the acid and mercury for some strange reason beyond me! 
Richard 

[happypalms]

1 hour ago, JohnAndSancho said:

I'm curious about bottom heat with Styrofoam boxes. Are your heat mats inside the boxes? 

Underneath the box’s, now your curiosity is cured, but you do know curiosity killed the cat, and I hear you have a lot of cats! 

[happypalms]

3 hours ago, Hu Palmeras said:

Great about irradiated seeds, Harry! Hey, Harry, buddy. We won't have dinosaurs on our hands, but we will have palm trees.

You said you were bringing the dinosaurs 🦕 back for my garden 🪴 Isn’t that your next science project! 

[Hu Palmeras]

Imagine, Richard. If I had even one dinosaur, even if it was a boy, what a fortune. But palm trees are already like dinosaurs. Exotic, alive, and fabulous. I think the dinosaurs will soon return to this land. Very soon, Richard Moy.

[JohnAndSancho]

49 minutes ago, happypalms said:

Underneath the box’s, now your curiosity is cured, but you do know curiosity killed the cat, and I hear you have a lot of cats! 

Doesn't the Styrofoam insulate and keep the heat down or do you put the thermometer inside the box? 

[happypalms]

A lovely little gift of some seeds. I shall do my best to germinate them. And then grow them on. I will say the green Bismarckia seeds are definitely different looking than the more common bizzie. Definitely looking forward to the chamaedorea frondosa if I can get them to germinate. And the rest will be interesting and fun, there was a couple of mystery seeds so those will need to be identified later on. So thank you @palmtreesforpleasure I trust you know there in good little cultivation fingers, the world needs more palm! 

[gyuseppe]

Richard I had chamaedorea frondosa

[happypalms]

13 minutes ago, gyuseppe said:

Richard I had chamaedorea frondosa

I saw one in Sydney botanical gardens when I was there a few weeks back, it was a beautiful little palm.

[gyuseppe]

2 hours ago, happypalms said:

I saw one in Sydney botanical gardens when I was there a few weeks back, it was a beautiful little palm.

yes Richard, I had 3, too bad they got lost😥

[happypalms]

5 hours ago, gyuseppe said:

yes Richard, I had 3, too bad they got lost😥

They are rare in my area, never seen before! 

[happypalms]

Just now, happypalms said:

They are rare in my area, never seen before! 

It must have been so heartbreaking coming home to see your plants not alive. Spending time in hospital and only to come all excited about seeing your plants and most of them not making it. 

[gyuseppe]

26 minutes ago, happypalms said:

It must have been so heartbreaking coming home to see your plants not alive. Spending time in hospital and only to come all excited about seeing your plants and most of them not making it. 

In  reality, Richard, every time I came back from the hospital, I went straight up to the bedroom to rest because I couldn't even stand up, then when my health improved I started walking around my garden again, and the thing that hurt me the most was seeing that my 2 beautiful parajubaea sunkha  weren't there.

[happypalms]

2 hours ago, gyuseppe said:

In  reality, Richard, every time I came back from the hospital, I went straight up to the bedroom to rest because I couldn't even stand up, then when my health improved I started walking around my garden again, and the thing that hurt me the most was seeing that my 2 beautiful parajubaea sunkha  weren't there.

A when I was sick after hospital I made myself walk around the garden I had too, my garden saved my life!

[happypalms]

I was gifted some red Areca seeds from a local grower. There easy to germinate just time and love of palms is all that’s needed. Also a few seeds of an unusual form of Chambeyronia macrocarpa. It will be interesting to see how they grow. 

[WaianaeCrider]

Good luck.  I have some of those but no flowers yet.

 

[happypalms]

45 minutes ago, WaianaeCrider said:

Good luck.  I have some of those but no flowers yet.

 

Thanks there a great palm, they are nice and fresh and I appreciate the gift of the seeds. I only have an orange vestria that’s should be flowering hopefully it’s 26 years old so theres hope. 

[happypalms]

A few more seeds going into the propagation process. Time will tell how many I get. Some nice Pinanga in this batch. 

[tim_brissy_13]

You’re really getting the good stuff lately Richard. Chuniophoenix suoitienensis and Pinanga kontumensis have been on my watch list for a while. I reckon the C suoitienensis in particular will have potential for temperate climates. 

[happypalms]

5 minutes ago, tim_brissy_13 said:

You’re really getting the good stuff lately Richard. Chuniophoenix suoitienensis and Pinanga kontumensis have been on my watch list for a while. I reckon the C suoitienensis in particular will have potential for temperate climates. 

Watch this space closely they say🤣

[Tyrone]

Again, some real rare stuff in there. 

[happypalms]

6 hours ago, Tyrone said:

Again, some real rare stuff in there. 

Yep 👍 

[Mazat]

On 10/23/2025 at 5:27 AM, happypalms said:

Watch this space closely they say🤣

😁

[happypalms]

My sabinara are starting pop up well. 19 out of a hundred so far and there’s more there with those tiny little white spikes poking through the substrate. They grow well in my climate, iam pretty happy about the fact they grow well it’s such a beautiful palm. Another month and I will know pretty well much know how many I will be getting. There an interesting looking seedling, I will lift them up like Bismarck and kerriodoxa when I pot them up. I just gently push the fork in and holding the seed and the spike I just tease them up with fork as I gently lift them. Theres an art to it and after practicing with joeys you know that sound when you break a root and cringe. So far no sabinara roots broken. 

[Mazat]

2 minutes ago, happypalms said:

My sabinara are starting pop up well. 19 out of a hundred so far and there’s more there with those tiny little white spikes poking through the substrate. They grow well in my climate, iam pretty happy about the fact they grow well it’s such a beautiful palm. Another month and I will know pretty well much know how many I will be getting. There an interesting looking seedling, I will lift them up like Bismarck and kerriodoxa when I pot them up. I just gently push the fork in and holding the seed and the spike I just tease them up with fork as I gently lift them. Theres an art to it and after practicing with joeys you know that sound when you break a root and cringe. So far no sabinara roots broken. 

Magic🌈

[happypalms]

50 minutes ago, Mazat said:

Magic🌈

That they are🌈

[Harry’s Palms]

A new palm starting life . I have dug up new seedlings from the garden to pot . The roots are very fragile , you have to have steady hands and a bit of experience . 

[happypalms]

9 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

A new palm starting life . I have dug up new seedlings from the garden to pot . The roots are very fragile , you have to have steady hands and a bit of experience . 

I try not too molly coddle them, the more you fuss the more damage you do. 
I wish sabinara would pop up in my as weeds! 
Richard 

[happypalms]

Got some interesting little palms coming through the greenhouse. All doing well no major troubles at the moment. Winter will be there test! 

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[Tyrone]

You are the king of Sabinaria. 

[gyuseppe]

2 hours ago, Tyrone said:

You are the king of Sabinaria. 

Hello Tyrone,
Can you grow this species in Albany?

[gyuseppe]

is chamaedorea?

[happypalms]

3 hours ago, Tyrone said:

You are the king of Sabinaria. 

The court jester perhaps 🤣

[happypalms]

20 minutes ago, gyuseppe said:

Hello Tyrone,
Can you grow this species in Albany?

He only dreams of growing such a palm!☝️

[Than]

Wow, a stunner! You are lucky (burning in jealousy).

[gyuseppe]

5 hours ago, happypalms said:

He only dreams of growing such a palm!☝️

I've actually always dreamed of growing it, too, but it's impossible here.
Richard, you have many species in your garden. I see you'll soon have all the species you can grow at home. I'm actually a little jealous of your climate!

[Mazat]

8 hours ago, gyuseppe said:

I've actually always dreamed of growing it, too, but it's impossible here.
Richard, you have many species in your garden. I see you'll soon have all the species you can grow at home. I'm actually a little jealous of your climate!

Gyuseppe, don't you think it would work for you under the canopy of your larger palm trees? 

I just pictured it in my mind.