The rarest of all palms

[KentiaPalm]

Hyophorbe amarcaulis is critically endangered with one palm tree left on the island of Mauritius. I was wondering if anyone ever heard of it being cultivated for reintroduction wholesale ?

[KentiaPalm]

[Pando]

Steve said he is growing it and cutting off the flower bracts because they are ugly...

[User00]

few days ago  i thought to post a topic about this palm but you post it first, 

i read this palm didn't produce any fertile seeds for last 15+ years, many failed attempts to germinate or 

i think tissue culture is the only hope i don't know it work in palms 

 

 

Edited January 2, 2016 by User00

[User00]

3 minutes ago, Pando said:

Steve said he is growing it and cutting off the flower bracts because they are ugly...

haha 

[Stevetoad]

Wonder if they can cross it with indica. Then back cross it to get an "almost" pure cultivated plant. 

Mans yes I refuse to share my pollen. :)

[Moose]

1 hour ago, Stevetoad said:

Wonder if they can cross it with indica. Then back cross it to get an "almost" pure cultivated plant. 

Mans yes I refuse to share my pollen. :)

I heard it's because you don't want it to cross with your Hyphorbe amarcaulis CV. Black Stem, Black Crownshaft

[Moose]

You want rare, here is a very rare palm Nypa australis.

[Moose]

Another very rare palm - Cocos zeylandica!

[Moose]

Here is another that may be related to Rhopalostylis, Phoenicites zeylandica.

[richnorm]

In about 2010 there was an article in Palms about this species. At that point several seeds had recently been germinated in-vitro by staff at Curepipe BG.  I wonder what has happened since...

[KentiaPalm]

Can't seem to delete this post 

Edited January 3, 2016 by KentiaPalm

[KentiaPalm]

On January 2, 2016 at 3:17:18 AM, User00 said:

few days ago  i thought to post a topic about this palm but you post it first, 

i read this palm didn't produce any fertile seeds for last 15+ years, many failed attempts to germinate or 

i think tissue culture is the only hope i don't know it work in palms 

 

 

 certainly hope so , I love any type of palm tree that has feathery fronds like coconuts . I'd love too grow this Palm . Any houseplants with feathery fronds that strongly resemble coconuts.?

 

[KentiaPalm]

On January 2, 2016 at 12:40:27 PM, Moose said:

You want rare, here is a very rare palm Nypa australis.

I love how it resembles a reed growing on the side of a riverbank it's interesting to look at that's for sure . 

[User00]

5 hours ago, KentiaPalm said:

 certainly hope so , I love any type of palm tree that has feathery fronds like coconuts . I'd love too grow this Palm . Any houseplants with feathery fronds that strongly resemble coconuts.?

 

Lytocaryum weddelianum.  suitable for houseplant 

[Josh-O]

On 1/1/2016, 11:16:04, Pando said:

Steve said he is growing it and cutting off the flower bracts because they are ugly...

I just carved a tiki out of one last week 

[Josh-O]

super rare but defiantly lacking in looks