Gifted dypsis decipens seeds have germinated

[happypalms]

A gift from a palm talk member @Harry’s Palms sent me some decipens seeds. They have germinated quite well  and apparently they came from a well know palm growers collection. Which makes them even more special to me. I put  some seeds in and the rest got disturbed to a few other fellow palm talk members in Australia. And it seems none of there ones have germinated yet, so if those couple of growers need a lesson on germinater palm seeds iam running a online course just for those couple of members 🤣 so they can’t blame the seeds! 

But jokes aside thank you Harry for the lovely gift of seeds, they have become rather special now! 
Richard 

[gyuseppe]

tried many times, but always dead in summer

[Harry’s Palms]

Good going mate! I am still holding out hope for some here . Terry Sullivan ( his family is the owner of the parent palms)  told me it takes quite some time to germinate and are tricky here. I have had a few success messages from folks I distributed to . If only one palm grows from my efforts , it will have been worth the effort. The parent palms are such lovely examples that it seems only right that the seeds are germinated for others. Terry told me the back story of the palms . His mother and father had a tropical nursery in Ventura in about 1951 ( the year Terry was born) and they had only 3 seeds which became the two palms that are gifting the world with all these seeds! When I first saw the palms , about 1990 , they were such a statement that I had to ask what they were . My mentor at the time was very familiar with the garden and told me . I would ride my bicycle by there occasionally just to see the collection. A few years later I met Terry at a coffee bar and after a brief conversation realized he was Pauline’s son! We are still friends to this day . A very nice family and super generous. Harry

 

[Harry’s Palms]

Here are a couple of pics from the garden and the parent to your babies! Harry

One of two that produce copious amounts of fruit . This is the smaller one of the two.

A Ceroxyline ( spelling?) at the Sullivan garden.

Hedyscape that is doing quite well in Ventura at their apartment building by Ventura College. Looking up at the SECOND STORY of the building ( to give scale). 

[Phoenikakias]

Chrysalidocarpus pauleenensis?

[Jonathan]

11 hours ago, happypalms said:

A gift from a palm talk member @Harry’s Palms sent me some decipens seeds. They have germinated quite well  and apparently they came from a well know palm growers collection. Which makes them even more special to me. I put  some seeds in and the rest got disturbed to a few other fellow palm talk members in Australia. And it seems none of there ones have germinated yet, so if those couple of growers need a lesson on germinater palm seeds iam running a online course just for those couple of members 🤣 so they can’t blame the seeds! 

But jokes aside thank you Harry for the lovely gift of seeds, they have become rather special now! 
Richard 

Hmmm...I think I know who you're referring to, and you're correct. No germination yet, had them on 26C heat mat, but have backed the temperature off a few degrees now. The seeds still seem fine, so hopefully something happens soon.

Thanks again Richard and @Harry’s Palms.

 

[Harry’s Palms]

5 hours ago, Phoenikakias said:

Chrysalidocarpus pauleenensis?

Should be a consideration after all the seeds those palms have produced . I was told by Terry’s son that well over half of the C. Decipiens in North America are somehow connected to those palms . Many before me have distributed them , mostly through Palm Talk….gotta love it! Such a great network of folks. Harry

[happypalms]

39 minutes ago, Jonathan said:

Hmmm...I think I know who you're referring to, and you're correct. No germination yet, had them on 26C heat mat, but have backed the temperature off a few degrees now. The seeds still seem fine, so hopefully something happens soon.

Thanks again Richard and @Harry’s Palms.

 

Gotta keep an eye on you, with such fine imported seeds. We can call it quality assurance control if you like 🤣

[happypalms]

12 hours ago, gyuseppe said:

tried many times, but always dead in summer

Not enough water gyuseppe my one survives my summer in the ground!

[happypalms]

9 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

Good going mate! I am still holding out hope for some here . Terry Sullivan ( his family is the owner of the parent palms)  told me it takes quite some time to germinate and are tricky here. I have had a few success messages from folks I distributed to . If only one palm grows from my efforts , it will have been worth the effort. The parent palms are such lovely examples that it seems only right that the seeds are germinated for others. Terry told me the back story of the palms . His mother and father had a tropical nursery in Ventura in about 1951 ( the year Terry was born) and they had only 3 seeds which became the two palms that are gifting the world with all these seeds! When I first saw the palms , about 1990 , they were such a statement that I had to ask what they were . My mentor at the time was very familiar with the garden and told me . I would ride my bicycle by there occasionally just to see the collection. A few years later I met Terry at a coffee bar and after a brief conversation realized he was Pauline’s son! We are still friends to this day . A very nice family and super generous. Harry

 

Once again thank you for such a lovely gift. 
It’s a nice thing having a story with a plant, to the general public they would have no idea about the growers background or where they came from. But for people in the plant world it’s recognition of a grower and a great remembrance of a great grower or gardener. 
A great legacy to have

Richard

[happypalms]

9 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

Here are a couple of pics from the garden and the parent to your babies! Harry

One of two that produce copious amounts of fruit . This is the smaller one of the two.

A Ceroxyline ( spelling?) at the Sullivan garden.

Hedyscape that is doing quite well in Ventura at their apartment building by Ventura College. Looking up at the SECOND STORY of the building ( to give scale). 

Now all I have to do is convince you to climb up that ladder and get those Hedyscepe seeds 🤣

Richard

[happypalms]

6 hours ago, Phoenikakias said:

Chrysalidocarpus pauleenensis?

Yes chrysaslidocarpus Pauleenemsis var cali Harry?