I photographed this beautiful Jubaea chilensis palm tonight. I hope that when it grows up it will be the only beauty in the place.

I am happy to see some future prospects. They all waited a long time and popped all at once.

All I know is that you're a great botanist and you like exotic things. If it were a dinosaur, what kind of dinosaur would Jubaea chilensis be?

Hu Palmeras, Persistence yes ,but no special skill required. I treat the Jubaea seeds just like I treat Parajubaea and Jubaeopsis. 70-79 in my living room , no bottom heat, damp 50/50 coir / perlite in a Rubbermaid container . You want condensation on lid but damp/ dry medium. Wait months or years. I had another tray of Parajubaea Cocoides pop a couple weeks ago and potted a dozen. The ones that didn’t pop may do so a year from now, I really don’t understand why they can wait months and months then all pop at once . Jubaeopsis are truly fickle and uncooperative yet on occasion I can get some of them to go.

Hmmm, are you sure that's a Jubaea? The arching leaves suggest Butia to me.

It's a jubaea. Some jubaea palms look like butias. Each seed is different, and the same palm tree can turn out uglier or more beautiful.

8 minutes ago, bruce Steele said:

Hu Palmeras, Persistencia sí, pero no se requiere ninguna habilidad especial. Trato las semillas de Jubaea igual que trato las de Parajubaea y Jubaeopsis. 70-79 en mi sala de estar, sin calor inferior, 50/50 de fibra de coco/perlita húmeda en un recipiente Rubbermaid. Quieres condensación en la tapa pero el medio húmedo/seco. Espera meses o años. Tuve otra bandeja de Parajubaea Cocoides brotando hace un par de semanas y planté una docena. Las que no brotaron pueden hacerlo dentro de un año, realmente no entiendo por qué pueden esperar meses y meses y luego brotar todas a la vez. Las Jubaeopsis son realmente caprichosas y poco cooperativas, pero en ocasiones puedo hacer que algunas de ellas broten.

But I see you're already experienced. And remember, the realm of palm trees already exists and doesn't need hybridization. You just have to go for them. The purer, the more beautiful. For example, a pure Phoenix reclinata is more beautiful.

Do you have many Butia in Chile ? They are far more common here than the Jubaea.

Only some nurseries sell Butia capitata (Odorata). I think the one in the photo is a hybrid with Jubaea.

Hu Palmeras, I am a hobbyist and grow cold hardy palms because it can freeze where I live. Luckily Santa Barbara is much milder and old palms producing seed are easy to find. So I collect palm seed in SB then grow them out over the hill in Buellton. (close to Solvang) The Jubaea and Parajubaea haven’t had to deal with anything below 23F but it can get into teens here and the only hundred year palms I see local are Brahea Armada and Canary Date Palm.

But you're experienced. You know more than I do about how I make mistakes identifying palm trees.💪🤭

These are real Chilean jubaes

I would give every one of them a big slap as I walked down that sidewalk. My hand might get sore. Very impressive !

Only 30 years to go till mine gets that big 😅

2 hours ago, alzo said:

Only 30 years to go till mine gets that big 😅

🗿🌴🌴💪

2 hours ago, bruce Steele said:

I would give every one of them a big slap as I walked down that sidewalk. My hand might get sore. Very impressive !

Of course, my friend. These palm trees are adorned in great glory. It is glory in this life.

These palm trees know how to dress in great glory

These palm trees know how to dress in great glory

Hugo Aravena