Acrocomia in Panama

[masatepino]

On my last trip to Panama City I saw a lot of palms in parking lots that looked like Acrocomia.  Sorry, I did not take better and detaild pictures.

Are they Acrocomias, and which species? Y guess Acrocomia because of the seeds i saw and the spines, very similar to a Acrocomia aculeata I have in my garden.

The photos are from Albrook Mall.

William

[sur4z]

...possibly A. aculeata

[Danilopez89]

Those crowns look perfect 

[Alicehunter2000]

Panama City, Panama ..... not Panama City, Florida 

Just wanted to clarify that .... wish we had them up here....those Dade City totai would probably make it if a source could ever be found.

[TexasColdHardyPalms]

2 hours ago, Alicehunter2000 said:

Panama City, Panama ..... not Panama City, Florida 

Just wanted to clarify that .... wish we had them up here....those Dade City totai would probably make it if a source could ever be found.

I finally have a seed source and a bucket of seeds germinating.  These 5g that i potted up to 15g are little rockets.

[Alicehunter2000]

You got pictures?

They are the cold hardy ones?

[TexasColdHardyPalms]

Ill get a few. Yes, these are the cold hardy totai from north florida. The tree i am getting seeds from saw 18 and never burned the leaves. The queen next to it died. 

[kirkhutch]

3 hours ago, TexasColdHardyPalms said:

Ill get a few. Yes, these are the cold hardy totai from north florida. The tree i am getting seeds from saw 18 and never burned the leaves. The queen next to it died. 

Do you have any smaller ones for sale?

[TexasColdHardyPalms]

Zero totai for sale right now. I hope to have this change by spring 2017.

[Alicehunter2000]

May give me time to figure out where the heck I would put it. If this winter is cold...might have a spot  .....don't even want to think about that though.

Would still be nice to see some pics.

[Matthew92]

22 hours ago, TexasColdHardyPalms said:

I finally have a seed source and a bucket of seeds germinating.  These 5g that i potted up to 15g are little rockets.

That is awesome! I'm so glad you got a hold of some. This one's high on my list to try here.

2 hours ago, Alicehunter2000 said:

May give me time to figure out where the heck I would put it. If this winter is cold...might have a spot  .....don't even want to think about that though.

Would still be nice to see some pics.

I'm curious to see how this winter will end up also. I want to think we'll not hit teens. If it got no colder than 22 degrees, I could handle that (which for you, would probably be more like 25).

[kirkhutch]

2 hours ago, TexasColdHardyPalms said:

Zero totai for sale right now. I hope to have this change by spring 2017.

Aren't these seeds notoriously hard to germinate? What's the key and how long did it take?

[Tom in Tucson]

On 8/16/2016, 4:41:27, kirkhutch said:

Aren't these seeds notoriously hard to germinate? What's the key and how long did it take?

I 2nd these questions.

Tom Birt - Casas Adobes, AZ

Hi 103°, Lo 77°

[Tom in Tucson]

On 9/2/2016, 12:10:28, Tom in Tucson said:

I 2nd these questions. See below.

On 8/16/2016, 2:11:57, TexasColdHardyPalms said:

Zero totai for sale right now. I hope to have this change by spring 2017.

Tom Birt - Casas Adobes, AZ

Hi 103°, Lo 77°

 

On 8/16/2016, 4:41:27, kirkhutch said:

Aren't these seeds notoriously hard to germinate? What's the key and how long did it take?

Bump

Tom Birt - Casas Adobes, AZ 

Hi 89°, Lo 69° 9/8

[Tom in Tucson]

On 8/15/2016, 5:35:24, TexasColdHardyPalms said:

I finally have a seed source and a bucket of seeds germinating.  These 5g that i potted up to 15g are little rockets.

 

On 8/16/2016, 4:41:27, kirkhutch said:

Aren't these seeds notoriously hard to germinate? What's the key and how long did it take?

Re-bump

Tom Birt - Casas Adobes, AZ 

Hi 97°, Lo 67° 9/9