Long live the germinater Merc psillakis

[happypalms]

It’s a wonderful joy planting a couple of palms. And even better in remembrance of one the greatest palm germinaters that I have know. 
So a couple of Mercs palms went into the garden today, a ravenea hillbrandtii and a hypohorbe indica red form along the driveway in a prime viewing spot for that extra bit of remembrance!

[tim_brissy_13]

Great thread Richard. Here’s my contribution of Merc germinated palms I’ve planted. 
 

Pritchardia napaliensis

 

Pritchardia martii

 

 

[happypalms]

28 minutes ago, tim_brissy_13 said:

Great thread Richard. Here’s my contribution of Merc germinated palms I’ve planted. 
 

Pritchardia napaliensis

 

Pritchardia martii

 

 

Beautiful, they say they are not gone if you remember them, like I said he could germinate a rock!

[happypalms]

30 minutes ago, tim_brissy_13 said:

Great thread Richard. Here’s my contribution of Merc germinated palms I’ve planted. 
 

Pritchardia napaliensis

 

Pritchardia martii

 

 

Ps Tim if ever I sell my garden I will let you know, the house is for free! My garden needs a good custodian with a love of palms such as yourself! 

[Mazat]

13 hours ago, happypalms said:

It’s a wonderful joy planting a couple of palms. And even better in remembrance of one the greatest palm germinaters that I have know. 
So a couple of Mercs palms went into the garden today, a ravenea hillbrandtii and a hypohorbe indica red form along the driveway in a prime viewing spot for that extra bit of remembrance!

wonderful, Richard.

[happypalms]

6 hours ago, Mazat said:

wonderful, Richard.

He would do mail orders as well, you would have loved some the stuff he had in rare varieties of palms! 

[JohnAndSancho]

16 hours ago, happypalms said:

Beautiful, they say they are not gone if you remember them, like I said he could germinate a rock!

Nice tribute. I really wish I had someone close by with that magic touch to get some of my seeds going. I mean, I say that despite the fact that just what I've got going gives me anxiety, and I see some people on here with literally thousands of plants.... I just don't have the infrastructure in place. 

[tim_brissy_13]

A few more, most of these were germinated seed from Merc 3-4 years ago. 
 

Pritchardia martii

 

Chambeyronia houailouensis 

 

Livistona alfredii

 

A pair of Burretiokentia koghiensis

 

Chrysalidocarpus sp ‘Baby Red Stems’

 

Lanonia dasyantha 

 

Chamaedorea adacendens

 

Chamaedorea linearis

 

Coccothrinax barbadensis (dussiana)

 

Chamaerops humilis ‘Vulcano’

[happypalms]

1 hour ago, tim_brissy_13 said:

A few more, most of these were germinated seed from Merc 3-4 years ago. 
 

Pritchardia martii

 

Chambeyronia houailouensis 

 

Livistona alfredii

 

A pair of Burretiokentia koghiensis

 

Chrysalidocarpus sp ‘Baby Red Stems’

 

Lanonia dasyantha 

 

Chamaedorea adacendens

 

Chamaedorea linearis

 

Coccothrinax barbadensis (dussiana)

 

Chamaerops humilis ‘Vulcano’

Good little Merc haul there, the adscendens seeds he got from me, good to see they fell into great hands. And a few other varieties you got there came from a couple of other contacts Merc had, you know both of those contacts, so some home grown contacts there! 

[happypalms]

3 hours ago, JohnAndSancho said:

Nice tribute. I really wish I had someone close by with that magic touch to get some of my seeds going. I mean, I say that despite the fact that just what I've got going gives me anxiety, and I see some people on here with literally thousands of plants.... I just don't have the infrastructure in place. 

Merc had contacts all around the globe plus local ones as well. He did get stumped a bit when they changed the import laws, meaning a lot of home grown contacts couldn’t send their seeds, but he got around that in a legal manner through different logistics. 
You don’t need a lot of infrastructure Merc was just a suburban backyard germinater, but he had the setup! 

[JohnAndSancho]

41 minutes ago, happypalms said:

Merc had contacts all around the globe plus local ones as well. He did get stumped a bit when they changed the import laws, meaning a lot of home grown contacts couldn’t send their seeds, but he got around that in a legal manner through different logistics. 
You don’t need a lot of infrastructure Merc was just a suburban backyard germinater, but he had the setup! 

Naw, I need space and I need an easier way to water things. The other problem is the only stuff people wanna buy is the stuff I don't wanna sell. Just moving a spicket from the outside to the inside would be a game changer for me. Auto watering would make it so easy. And I gotta convince people to drive way the hell out to the country. And mixing coir and perlite by hand totally sucks ass. Every time I turn around I need something else, dude. 

[happypalms]

4 hours ago, JohnAndSancho said:

Naw, I need space and I need an easier way to water things. The other problem is the only stuff people wanna buy is the stuff I don't wanna sell. Just moving a spicket from the outside to the inside would be a game changer for me. Auto watering would make it so easy. And I gotta convince people to drive way the hell out to the country. And mixing coir and perlite by hand totally sucks ass. Every time I turn around I need something else, dude. 

It does get a bit tricky watering indoors, especially if you have a lot of plants, weight is a good way to judge when to water. If they want your plants they will drive a million miles to get them. 
Try getting hold of an old cement mixer that’s great for mixing soil. 
You should try growing on the scale I grow plants it can get rather expensive, I don’t make any money, but I go get free plants and the pick of the litter for my garden. I just keep on investing in seeds and stock plants but one day I will reap those rewards, until then I shall build my business up!