Sabal minor twins

Knnn · Post by **Knnn** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 10:00 am

I've had Sabal minor germinating all winter

Found a couple twin germinations in the last batch,

Steve

oppalm · Post by **oppalm** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 5:46 pm

very cool Steve. Your camera (and you) take great pictures. I started a whole bunch of sabal minors in a community pot so not sure if I have any twins. Is this a common occurrence or a mutation of some kind?

Knnn · Post by **Knnn** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 6:34 pm

Kent,

Really have no idea how common, (or what), these are ?

I think all Palm seeds have the potential of three embryos, just haven't seen it with Sabals till now.

Potted them up separately to see what happens...........

Steve

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 8:24 pm

Super, well done.

In the second pic, did the two radicles join to become a single radicle?

I like seeing these pictures (since I'll never be successful at it...just nice to know).

Barb

Knnn · Post by **Knnn** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 1:19 pm

Barb,

I'm thinking the two radicles just grew together, might be interesting to see if two plants develop.

Thanks for the comments, you might want to try a few Sabal seeds. ( a little moisture & warmth and you'll have more Palms than you know what to do with

Steve

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 2:58 pm

Yes, I'll watch what happens there...

Sabal seeds? Nope, I'm "off" germinating for a while.
Thankfully I don't recall how much money I spent on seeds that went into my soilmix pile after 7 months.

Barb

Knnn · Post by **Knnn** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 8:32 pm

Here is the one with two distinct radicles, now two Palms

Steve

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 6:42 am

They're never separated later on, though? It then produces a palm with two stems?

So Sabal is a remote germinator?
Barb

Knnn · Post by **Knnn** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 12:23 pm

Barb,

Once the seed is depleted, will have two identical plants that can be separated.

Sabal minor is a remote germinator, this photo shows some of the stages.

(once the seed is exhausted, the part that connects the seed to the Palm, (cotyledonary petiole), will detach itself)

Steve

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 12:29 pm

Thanks Steve for that descriptive pic.
I had forgotten that the seed had to be spent first...(duh on my part...sorry).

Barb

Knnn · Post by **Knnn** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 12:45 pm

Barb,

I've been potting up about 20-30 S.minor seeds every week, all winter long................
Plenty of opportunity to take photos of what's normally going on under the soil.

Don't make the mistake of assuming I know what I'm talking about

Steve

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 4:26 pm

Every week? wow.
You're the germination king, Steve.

Germination rate = you know what you're talking about!

Barb

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