SoCal Pseudophoenix sargentii with ripe seed.

[LJG]

I thought this was pretty cool and an example of how much palms enjoyed one of the warmest winters in history in San Diego. My Pseudophoenix sargentii has been flowering for years. But each winter the developing fruit would get hit with a fungus and drop off the plant. It is too cold for the fruit to ripen and just like the plant itself, the process from flowering to ripe seed is rather slow here. It won't happen in one season. The plant below pushed this flower June of 2014. Here it was recently with ripe seed. It took almost 16 months to get here. I float tested some and they sunk.

 

 

Edited September 17, 2015 by LJG

[George Sparkman]

Very, very cool to see this Len !

[Peter Pacific]

Great Len!  I have a couple of these in the ground for ten years but aren´t even close to that size...and your seeds sunk, Conratulations!

 

Peter

Edited September 17, 2015 by Peter Pacific
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[Yunder Wækraus]

Very nice

[quaman58]

That's very cool Len. Wasn't sure we'd ever see that around here!

[Hammer]

Awesome man!  Very cool.

[realarch]

Amazing! Such a healthy looking specimen as well.

Tim

[jardinierpalmiertrat]

  On 9/17/2015 at 4:26 PM, Yunder Wækraus said:

Very nice

Yes, beautiful!!

[Danilopez89]

Sweet! Let's see some more of the palm 

[Pando]

Looking real nice, Len!

[MattyB]

Nice!

 

[Chris Chance]

Looking good Len! Cool to see that second generation Psudophoenix will be in California soon.

[Jeff Searle]

Very cool, Len. I feel at home. But I will tell you, their not the easiest seed to germinate. I would use some bottom heat if possible.

[Josh-O]

awesome Len!!

That pseudo is a beef cake for sure..

Keep us posted on its germination success..

[John Case]

Time to spread the seed in a DoomsDave image!

[LJG]

Thanks for the comments all. I will get some photos of the palm tomorrow. It is a really cool form with twisting leaves. 

Jeff, thanks for the info on tough germination. I am sending the seed to Tri's brother here that has a greenhouse that is 90-100 each day. Hopefully we get something. 

[Jeff Searle]

  On 9/18/2015 at 6:52 AM, LJG said:

Thanks for the comments all. I will get some photos of the palm tomorrow. It is a really cool form with twisting leaves. 

Jeff, thanks for the info on tough germination. I am sending the seed to Tri's brother here that has a greenhouse that is 90-100 each day. Hopefully we get something. 

You mentioned Tri.  Two weeks ago I got a random call from somebody that claimed he had some unusual palms in the yard and was thinking about giving some away or maybe selling any. He had a couple that caught my attention. So I drove over later that day and to much surprise, it was Tri's old house. The new homeowner ( one year now) was ripping some junk out and basically cleaning out and thinning some things away. And it was Tri's old house! The water feature still was up and running and most of the palms were still there and looked pretty good. We had a nice talk and I gave him a little history on the yard.

[LJG]

Hopefully he keeps a few of Tri's plans. He had some large, rare ones in the ground. 

[Kostas]

Awesome Len, we'll done!!!