Found five Nubium a in the back of the greenhouse, it’s great having so many plants. You forget what you have until you see them again. So a quick repot and we have great chamaedoreas underway ready for next springs plantings. 

Very cool palm . Hopefully this species will become more readily available in time. Harry

C nubium is such a great palm to grow from seed. Very robust, I’ve never lost one and relatively quick too. The one I planted in the ground in Spring is now flowering and producing clean trunk and it’s only a bit over 3 years old. Got a bit burnt from our extreme heat days this summer when this photo was taken but it’s just superficial and still growing well. This species has absolutely no problem with long cool winters; I suspect it would do well down in Tassie (and cool parts of SF Bay, etc)

Last year, I bought the seeds, but nothing germinated, but the seller has known me for many years (25) and replaced the seeds with another species.

9 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

Very cool palm . Hopefully this species will become more readily available in time. Harry

Indeed a lovely clumping palm, but don’t tell @peachy there clumping palms or she will want a dozen of them! 

8 hours ago, tim_brissy_13 said:

C nubium is such a great palm to grow from seed. Very robust, I’ve never lost one and relatively quick too. The one I planted in the ground in Spring is now flowering and producing clean trunk and it’s only a bit over 3 years old. Got a bit burnt from our extreme heat days this summer when this photo was taken but it’s just superficial and still growing well. This species has absolutely no problem with long cool winters; I suspect it would do well down in Tassie (and cool parts of SF Bay, etc)

They are beautiful palm. To me they have a understory dypsis look about them! 

5 hours ago, gyuseppe said:

Last year, I bought the seeds, but nothing germinated, but the seller has known me for many years (25) and replaced the seeds with another species.

Never give up on seeds if it’s the only way to get a variety of palm you desire, I say let the seed hunt begin! 

Yes , I read the part about it being  a clumping species (Palmpedia)  . Thats fine by me ! @peachy has been quiet on this one , not her cuppa tea. . Harry

55 minutes ago, happypalms said:

Never give up on seeds if it’s the only way to get a variety of palm you desire, I say let the seed hunt begin! 

Yes Richard, as soon as they come back on sale, I'll buy them.

I have a palm labeled as such, from RPS seed, the palm make multiple stems from the rootstock.  The stems are about 1 cm diameter and 1.5 m tall.  It's too dark here just now, perhaps an image later today.

  Yes, it grows well here with always cool, humid temperatures.

15 hours ago, gyuseppe said:

Last year, I bought the seeds, but nothing germinated, but the seller has known me for many years (25) and replaced the seeds with another species.

I also bought seeds last year and out of a 100 I got zero germination 😩

This is one of the Chamaedorea I'm desperate to grow. If anyone hears of another seed source, please let us know. Do the ones at the UC Berkeley Botanical Garden produce viable seed?

20 hours ago, tim_brissy_13 said:

C nubium is such a great palm to grow from seed. Very robust, I’ve never lost one and relatively quick too. The one I planted in the ground in Spring is now flowering and producing clean trunk and it’s only a bit over 3 years old. Got a bit burnt from our extreme heat days this summer when this photo was taken but it’s just superficial and still growing well. This species has absolutely no problem with long cool winters; I suspect it would do well down in Tassie (and cool parts of SF Bay, etc)

Do you have one of each Tim? In other words, when are you sending me some seeds, lol! 

To  be honest I've probably got enough Chamaedorea seedlings from seed gifted by yourself, Colin and Richard to last me a lifetime...however with no vaccine or cure currently available for JOMS Disease (just one more species), there's little point fighting it!

24 minutes ago, Jonathan said:

Do you have one of each Tim? In other words, when are you sending me some seeds, lol! 

To  be honest I've probably got enough Chamaedorea seedlings from seed gifted by yourself, Colin and Richard to last me a lifetime...however with no vaccine or cure currently available for JOMS Disease (just one more species), there's little point fighting it!

Not yet, but I’ve got a few seedlings not too far behind my largest so I’m hoping I’ll have at least one of each sex in time. I still don’t know which sex the one pictured is, the spadix is still immature. Hopefully soon I’ll be enabling your JOMS!