New RPS order: 2014

[canadianplant]

This winter sucks. The best thing to do as a gardener is grow some seed when the winter is this bad! Heres my new RPS order!

Item: Archontophoenix alexandrae



Item: Chamaedorea microspadix



Item: Hyophorbe verschaffeltii



Item: Licuala grandis



Item: Phoenix reclinata



Item: Syagrus romanzoffiana (Litoralis)



Item: Musa velutina



Item: Phyllostachys heteroclada


Item: Metasequoia glyptostroboides



Item: Cyathea vieillardii

Barb, if any of the grandis seeds sprout youll be getting some!

[teebee]

Item: Musa velutina

Good luck with that I had 50 of them not a single one sprouted. I got mine from ebay. Perhaps they were old... I waited months for them to sprout. nada...

[canadianplant]

Ya banana seeds are hit or miss with me too.... Ive had the best luck with musella

[Paul Ont]

Banana seeds: If you have a heat mat put it on a timer so that it goes off at night. The fluctuation in temperature seems to be the key with stubborn bana seeds.

[lucky1]

That's quite the order, Jesse.

Archontophoenix are gorgeous palms.
Exceptionally beautiful ringed trunks.

Thanks for remembering that my L.grandis croaked.

Barb

[canadianplant]

Youre right paul. Mine did best outside in the summer. The temps are something like 90F during the day and 75-80F at night as a general rule. The best thing is make sure theyre fresh

Barb ive been waiting for the C microspadix for the last year. They werent available for a long time. Well see my luck on the L grandis

[lucky1]

Jesse, and I was going to send you some seeds of the Bamboo Palm.
But I didn't do the "brush" thingy, so doubt they would've been viable.

One year will get around to that...

Barb

[canadianplant]

ah yeah i remember that there are a few chamedorea that are called bamboo palm. siefrizii and kicrospadax are the two main ones. i think macrospadax might be as well. there is also another one which i cant remember.. i have seeds for c. seifrizii. theyve been sown for a year which is ky normal luck for palms. lol.

[lucky1]

seeds for c. seifrizii. theyve been sown for a year

Nope, they're reasonably fast germinators.
I'd toss 'em.

Barb

[TimMAz6]

Nice list Jesse.........I have a ton of seeds going now too. Mostly big leaf Rhodos but also some Magnolias, Yuccas, Aloe and a Moso bamboo.

[canadianplant]

I have a fridge full of seeds. Hickory, hosta, magnolias, fringe tree...... Havnt done a real good palm order in a while. Moso should do pretty well in mass. I know a guy who grows it near roschester new york, near the south shore of lake erie. Gets burned a bit in the winter but I dont think its had any major top kill. Just protect it for the first winter or two. Bend it down and use U shaped stakes to hold t down. Snow should do the rest. IF not just toss some leaves on. Moso is pretty hardy once it gets some size.

Barb, thats just my usual luck for seeds. I should take em outta the bag and soak test them again to see whats up. I have a bag of dypsis albofarinosa that have been taking forever too, but some dypsis species can take a bit.... Just more of what im used to when it comes to palm and banana seed lol.

[lucky1]

Yeah, some are very very slow germinators.
Bamboo palm isn't one of them.

Good luck popping your new stuff.

[canadianplant]

I can hope barb LOL.... it is my usual luck so im optimistic