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Barb I`m thinking these seeds would be a valuable addition to the Trachycarpus gene pool. My Trachy flowering now has seen temps of near it`s cold hardy limits -17c -17.8c -17.3c last three years. I think we could probably give the seeds away to anybody on this board knowing they are from cold hardy zone 6 survivor stock. I love this hobby! Here is an update on my inflorescents and a couple of my newly planted T.nainital. Scroll through the 8 pics. By the way the bananas in the wideview pics are from the Basjoo you gave me last year. I separated seven pups from the mom. When we come up for a visit I`ll bring you a couple back home. Sorry to hijack your post.


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John

these seeds would be a valuable addition to the Trachycarpus gene pool.

OK, I'm convinced though mine hasn't seen tough conditions.
Unless we include being in a garbage bucket for eons
Yes, we'll give seeds to anyone on PN.
But I'm still worried that mine is so late to bloom...the bugger still hasn't opened up yet, so it's likely a female, because Wes says his males always bloom early, waiting for the females to open.
But it's growing a handle.

Sounds like the dating service is alive and well.

Your pics are fabulous John.
Nice looking great colour on the new NainiTals.

What a feature that planted bed is!

Seven pups?
Don't you dare bring a banana back
They get so shredded here in our winds...that's why I gave it to you.
By the end of every summer it looks like a flag pole after a war

Thanks for the great pics.
Barb

No bananas no prob. I have a few 5 gal.Sabal minor and Sabal louisiana and some T. nainital. You could plant a couple or more under that Trachy that`s on a 30 year old growth spurt. I don`t think they would interfere with the existing palm hut until your Trachy outgrows the hut next year We`ve got to bring something for our annual visit?

John

Whats the latest pic of this palm looking like?

Jim, my May 23 post is the latest pic.
Still hasn't opened inflorescence

John, very kind of you to offer more palms/nanas, but just bring me some warm weather.
I'd be very happy with that.

If I stick one more palm into the confined space of that palm hut, the carpenter will quit
Or he'd have to lose about 60 pounds...

Barb

Very cool Barb!

Glad to see it flowering this year, it sure has been waiting long enough. Kind of like pictures from me

Bill

Thanks Bill

waiting long enough. Kind of like pictures from me

Ain't that the truth!!!!
So are we going to see some updates?

Barb

There coming, I swear!

Bill,
Well quit swearing and post some pics


Can't wait to see your palms and naners again.
Barb

very cool barb.......keep the updates coming!

Right, can't wait to see them either. BTW Do they have a nice scent? I never smelled them.

Still not open...BUT they are moving.

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Barb

Im sticking to my original guess female congrats again

Thanks folks.
Will check for fragrance once they open.

Female, huh?

Seems there's a shortage of males around.
Just like at high school dances.

Barb

PS--Macario Mike...what's up with your weather banner?

So is anyone going to bet seeds ( instead of cash) on the sex? LOL

I will bet if you want to start.

Barb my local weather station got taken out by bad weather so until its up I will use midway almst same temps.

That's better weather than -9999, Mike

Let's just bet "for the hell of it".

I'll bet mine is a male (fat chance, huh?)

And if, by chance, my Trachy and John's "have a date", I think it's safe to say you'll get seeds (and a cigar).

Barb

Update:

I don't know how something as exciting as a Trachy beginning to flower can look so downright yucky and ugly:
Hint of green inside, so probably a female.

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Spears are coming up fast and furious:

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Gettin' kinda crowded at the top:

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And a shot from the distance:

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Barb

The palm looks happy!

And a really nice sheperd you have!!!!!

Thanks Jesse.

10 year old Kia is the best dog we've ever had.
Great buddy for me.
Loves people, not a mean bone in her body.

Barb

Its comming along now. My male has ripe pollen sacks so im gonna bag some up soon.

Mike,
Is trachy pollen like some cycad pollen in that it's "viable" for about 2 weeks only?

Kinda like phoning the sperm bank too late
Barb

D R U M R O L L....

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Barb

Barb my Trachy looks to be a male after all. A little to much wishfull thinking on my part that it was a female. I`ll cut of one of the flower stalks and send it to you this week. Thanks Mike for your willingness to send it from Chicago.

John

Oh hell, John, how many thousand seeds do you want?
Come 'n get 'em (in how long?)

Thanks! Hope the rotating postal strike doesn't hit Kelowna/Vernon.

Yes, thanks Mike and Wes for the pollen offer.

So mine's definitely a female? ? ? ? ?

Barb

Great work! Here's hoping for a few thousand trachy seeds

Barb with the male flower stalk I`m sending you it will be the fall when the seeds are ready. I could always send it UPS or Fed. Express, very cheap to Vernon. Yours looks like a female after looking at some here of a large male and female side by side. I`ll wrap it in wet paper towels around the base of the cut so it will be fresh when you get it. Cameron will get the first seeds sent out from our batch. I don`t have any seedlings anymore so I`m due for more.

John

very cool looking bloom Barb. Great photos...........keep them coming.

Barb,

Yours is definitely female, like John said.

Bill

Grats on the baby girl! You may not have liked the cool spring but it looks like the trachy did!

Cant wait to see the pics of it raining seeds!

Excellent! Thanks folks.

So "John and Barb's Dating Service" is a go...pull the blinds and presto, viable seeds in the Fall
Suspending the pollen branch near the top would let the wind do the work?
Or maybe a little paintbrush.

I recall what H said when I used a brush to pollinate the Citrus..."isn't that a little kinky"?

Whichever mail or courier is fine, I'll send you $ to cover.

I'm up to my eyeballs in palm seedlings (remember the 25+ Foxtails ??? ) + others.
Totally out of space here...

Barb

Barb here is a pic of the male pollen I`m sending you for the dating program .
http://okanaganpalms.multiply.com/photo ... 11#photo=6

John

Sheesh, John, that's enough pollen to get every female Trachy in North America preggie!

Great pic.

Is it OK to hang it in the top part of tree?
Or are you just sending the "dust" (*blush*)

Barb

Barb I would just place it in the crown where it will not fly away. We defintely know they are going to be fresh come this fall.

John

...

fresh come this fall.

Are we talking Sept? Oct? Nov?

Curious whether I'll be wearing a toque inside a palm hut...or earlier?

So many questions...so much to forget

Barb

Barb I`m thinking end of Oct. when they will be ripe and ready.

John

Holy cow, a long time to wait

BTW, postal strike means letter deliveries only 3 times a week for now.
Will check the mailbox for pollen Friday.

Thanks!
Barb

Barb I sent pollen UPS. You will get it on Monday. I got a few chuckles from the guy and gal at the UPS outlet when I had to describe the item to be shipped. They are entering it into the most unusual item shipped in 2011. He is now stopping by to maybe buy some palms. Sending your pollen just brought me some business.


John

That's a hoot John!

Just tell 'em you're sending sperm!

Glad you sent it UPS--Vernon is one of the small towns hit today by the postal strike.

I was in town this morning, drove past the picketers at the post office.
Resisted the urge to shout out the window "thanks to you, I can't get the sperm in the mail".


Barb

BTW, 4 days for UPS to drive 35 miles?

Barb two business days for UPS. I guess I should have sent it Wed. There was a big extra charge to deliver on Sat. The pollen will still be good on Monday me thinks. If you would have said that to the postal picketers would have been hilarious

John