Trachycarpus princeps and T.nova seeds available

[garrytsen]

We have just collected new fresh Trachycarpus princeps and nova seeds from the habitat.

1. Trachycarpus princeps, the only bluish cold hardy trachycarpus.

USD35/25 seeds

USD 65/50 seeds

2. Trachycarpus nova, the fastest growing trachycarpus resembles princeps

USD 20/50 seeds

USD35/100 seeds

Free shipment and handling and safe arrival guaranteed.

100% authentic guaranteed as we have been supplying the real princeps seeds since 2007 as an old IPS member and a trustworthy vendor .

You can PM me here or send me an email to cnnursery@yahoo.com

For more details and photos, visit our site www.coldplant.com

Best Regards

Garry

www.coldplant.com

[garrytsen]

I received some inquiries from growers whether the princeps seeds we supply are real and how to tell T.princeps from other trachycarpus.

The T.princeps we have been supplying are 100% guaranteed real as we have collected seeds from different sources since 2007 and obtained tremendous growing and actual habitat experience with this rare species and some other relevant species in that area by comparison and observation.

Because of the special obvious white powder to both sides of leaves and good hardiness, T.princeps is popular with growers, However there used to be or are probably still unreal seeds circulating on the market,Here are some useful tips to differentiate princeps from other trachycarpus species.

1. seed size,
real princeps seeds are much smaller than its counterparts

2. strap leaf ridge
2 ridges on young strap leaf: T.princeps, T.nanus
4 ridges on young strap leaf: T.nova and T.fortunei,

Nova strap leaf

3. white powder on both sides of leaves and petioles

T.princeps is so far the only bluish trachycarpus due to the white powder at both uppersides and undersides of leaves, though it is famous for its striking white coloration to the undersides. The somewhat white powder above makes T.princeps bluish , a unique feature which other Trachycarpus do not present . Even when young, this white stuff is far more apparent than other varieties,thus setting princeps away from other relevant species.
Most importantly, the petioles also have a presence of white powder which its counterparts normally lack.

[garrytsen]

4. leaf division
its adult leaves are evenly split to halfway in term of leaflet width and division length whereas almost all other trachycarpus except T.martianus are irregularly split.


5. Leaf and hair stiffness
Normally princeps' leaves are stiff with no bending tips, though hanging on the sheer perpendicular rock cliffs . The hair fiber is thicker and stiffer than that of T.fortunei and nova and has a resemblance to that of T.martianus.

The follow leaf is one in the habitat with a stalk broken by human

6. difficult and sporadic germination.
It is well acknowledged that T.princeps germination is slow and sporadic, occurring anytime in the year and takes from months to years because they have a very long dormancy and viability under normal condition. The good part is the ungerminated seeds will do later even after 4 years during which the dormancy is completed.By contrast, other trachycarpus in general have a consistent germination, most happening at almost the same time with no, or much shorter a dormancy and so tend to lose viability drastically if stored for more than one year .In this regard, T.princeps is the opposite.

The tips mentioned above are helpful to growers to tell princeps apart from other varieties in its genus.

[gerard]

thanks

[LJG]

I have ordered from Garry and have no doubt he sells only true plants and can be trusted with what he offers.

[ghar41]

Hi Garry,

Thank you for the information here, very helpful. Can you tell us more about the climate of the habitat of T. princeps? I am very curious to know more about it's tolerance to dry summer heat.

[garrytsen]

Glenn,

It is in a sub-tropical climate with an annual rainfall of 2000mm and T.princeps are growing on the cliffs of around 2000m in altitude beside the angry river. In Winter, it also has snow as high as up to the knees sometimes as we have heard.
The temperature fluctuation between day and night is quite drastic , amounting to 20 Celsius degrees in the villages below and could be more than that on the cliff

We grow T.princeps in full sun in our bit of humid sub-tropical climate with a maximum temperature reaching 40C and no special protection is given after they reach 2 years old .They are doing fine.But if it is too dry, you may need to water them according to the actual conditions.

But the most important thing we need to pay attention to is T.princeps needs a well drained growing medium to reduce humidity-related fungus attack and root rot , since the sheer rocky cliff makes a perfect drainage in the habitat.

[JEFF from Trabuco Canyon CA]

Great info! Thanks!

[Flow]

I bought a batch of 25 seeds from Garry on december 30. They were shipped on January 7 and I received them yesterday. I'm very happy. The only drawback is that two of the seeds had some sort of cobweb on them and were soft. Given the fact that Garry put 3 extra seeds in the packet I'm ok with that .

He answered all my emails immediately (within a few hours or less). So thumbs up.

Regards

Florian

[The Silent Seed]

Flow,

I don't know if you are new to buying seeds in general, but there are always (well, almost always) some bad seeds in a batch. It's just part of nature.

[Flow]

Flow,

I don't know if you are new to buying seeds in general, but there are always (well, almost always) some bad seeds in a batch. It's just part of nature.

Hi santoury,

I have bought many seeds and It's no problem as I said above. I just described what I got. Most sellers I have bought from included some extra seeds so that one gets at least the amount of good seeds ordered. I appreciate it a lot that Garry does the same since princeps seeds are not your everyday seed you can collect everywhere.

Florian

[fr8train]

My princeps seeds arrived a few days ago, thanks again. I'll post updates as they germinate.

[Flow]

So, I thought I'd share my experience with the seeds. I tried the de-lidding method on 5 seeds of which 1 geminated within a week or so and 4 rotted away. I put twenty in a plastic bag with a mix of coco fibre and perlite and left the bag outdoors in semi shade over the summer. Nothing happened but I knew that they were hard to germinate. In autumn I brought them indoors and within two weeks 12 seeds germinated, so that's 60% if I'm not mistaken and the other ones might still pop. I was quite surprised and pleased. Unfortunately I didn't water them enough and now have only 5 left, my fault. All in all, I think princeps don't deserve their reputation as hard to germinate.

[fr8train]

My princeps seeds arrived a few days ago, thanks again. I'll post updates as they germinate.

Here's a shot of my largest princeps that germinated last year: