Chamaedorea tepejilote flowering

[Hjr]

I think I have male and female palms. Does anyone have any suggestions for getting seed? The one I believe is male is indoors so not sure how realistic this would be.

[Jonathan]

Get a ziplock plastic bag and tap the male flowers so the pollen falls into it. You can keep it in the fridge until the female flowers are starting to crack open, then use a small paint brush to dust the pollen over them.

It's a pretty easy process, I just did this a couple of months ago for the first time, also with tepejilote, and my female looks to have set a good crop.

Good luck 👍 

[happypalms]

As @Jonathan has suggested it’s easy to do, especially with chamaedoreas that produce copious amounts of pollen. It’s when you get such varieties as metallica it’s a bit more challenging through observation! 

[Hjr]

Thank you I will try this 

[happypalms]

Just now, happypalms said:

As @Jonathan has suggested it’s easy to do, especially with chamaedoreas that produce copious amounts of pollen. It’s when you get such varieties as metallica it’s a bit more challenging through observation!