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Cat palm flowering!

Post by canadianplant » Tue Mar 19, 2013 12:21 pm

Just noticed this today. Anyone know if i can pollinate it somehow? Also, you think it might be why the leaves are so pale?




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Post by lucky1 » Tue Mar 19, 2013 2:22 pm

Attaboy, Jesse!

The yellow leaves are usually the lowest leaves that get shed anyway.
Also a response to lower light levels over winter.
Or (lastly) lousy nutrition.

I don't know if cataractarum! palms are mono...or dioceious.

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Post by canadianplant » Tue Mar 19, 2013 2:44 pm

Dio. ( and not ronnie james). I dont have any others flowering at the moment. What you think the odds are that its a hermaphridote :shock:
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Post by lucky1 » Tue Mar 19, 2013 4:23 pm

the odds are
John's male Trachy set seed this year, surprisingly.

Couldn't find anything on Cataractarum palms.

My Bamboo Palm has both male and female on the same plant.

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Post by canadianplant » Tue Mar 19, 2013 4:52 pm

Cat palms have male and female flowers. I was joking/hoping that the one stalk i have is hermaphrodite ...
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Post by lucky1 » Tue Mar 19, 2013 5:19 pm

Cat palms have male and female flowers
Well, there you go then :D

So wishing for hermaphroditism ... like a double whammy ? :lol: :lol:
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Post by sidpook » Fri Apr 05, 2013 4:05 pm

No Lie! I was totally gonna post about mine today too. They are flowering as well, all over the place. Here are a few pics.....
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Post by canadianplant » Fri Apr 05, 2013 6:18 pm

Wow.... Mine didnt flower quite that well. Too bad I dunno how to sex the flowers. Apparently if the stalk is orange its been pollinated. Thats about all i know. Do the leaves on yours turn a weird yellow or pale green mike?
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Post by sidpook » Fri Apr 05, 2013 6:27 pm

canadianplant wrote:Wow.... Mine didnt flower quite that well. Too bad I dunno how to sex the flowers. Apparently if the stalk is orange its been pollinated. Thats about all i know. Do the leaves on yours turn a weird yellow or pale green mike?
My leaves have been green and flourishing on this plant. Althogh, on other cat palms, I have had yellowing and browning. I try to sex my plants up as well as I can, LOL!!!!

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Post by lucky1 » Sat Apr 06, 2013 2:00 pm

Almost afraid to watch Michael's sexing video :lol: :lol:

That's a flurry of palm seeds... :D

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Post by TerdalFarm » Sat Apr 06, 2013 4:06 pm

I only got half way through Mike's video. :oops:

Don't have cat palms, but Chameadorea radicalis are sending up flower stalks. They've been outside about a month, except on the coldest nights.

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Post by canadianplant » Sat Apr 06, 2013 5:33 pm

Oh sweet Eric! Is radicalis male/female?
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Post by sidpook » Sat Apr 06, 2013 6:03 pm

lol
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Post by TerdalFarm » Sun Apr 07, 2013 9:14 am

I have 2 females.

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