More smuggled seeds are arriving. Parajubaea Torally seeds. I hope to receive a small batch of Sunkha very soon. My friend in Bolivia sent them exclusively for me. Business is business. I hope to germinate them with my friend here in Chile.

I hope they germinate. If they do, I'll put them in battle formation alongside the Jubaea chilensis.

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Cuando fui a Bolivia, tuve el suerte de ir al hábitat de parajubaea torallyi y los locales venden las semillas del 'janchicoco' sin cáscara para comer.

You should go there as a tourist, it would be much easier for you. Unfortunately my surviving seedlings were eaten by mice 😡 🤬

Thanks, friend. That's interesting what you say. I hope you get some seeds. These palm trees are truly magnificent.

It will be nice to see a variety of palms in Chile someday. When I visited, 90% CIDP, 10% Jubaea.

Hola mi amigo!

Sunkhas are probably the easiest Parajubaeas in Southern California. My one specimen has continued to thrive and look great while other species died of fungus.

Hey Dave, my friend. Your palm trees are incredible, Dave. You have a great collection there. And I saw the picture where you're with your big Parajubaea Torally. That palm tree is gigantic. You have a great private collection of palm trees.

2 hours ago, SeanK said:

Sería estupendo ver algún día una mayor variedad de palmeras en Chile. Cuando lo visité, el 90% eran CIDP y el 10% Jubaea.

Exactly, my friend. There's no palm tree culture here. And even fewer tropical palms line the streets. There are only a few nurseries that carry some novel palm varieties. Tropical palms are more common in the cities of northern Chile, but only a few varieties. Private collectors and I are the only ones who truly appreciate the palm kingdom, its luxuries, and its exoticism.

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Las variedades tropicales son complejas, debido a la Corriente de Humboldt que fluje desde el sur.

The tropical varieties are complicated due to the Humboldt Current that flows from the south.

That's right, my friend. Only Rapa Nui (Easter Island) has a tropical or subtropical climate. Northern Chile has a hot climate year-round. The rest of Chile is cold in the south, and the central zone has a Mediterranean climate.

5 hours ago, Hu Palmeras said:

That's right, my friend. Only Rapa Nui (Easter Island) has a tropical or subtropical climate. Northern Chile has a hot climate year-round. The rest of Chile is cold in the south, and the central zone has a Mediterranean climate.

The waters in the north are very cool. Not like we have in "el mar Argentino" off our east coast.

Thanks friends for your good advice