Double plumule?

[Sanips]

I've obtained a double seeding with this mule palm seed but one of them look like it's developing two different plumules. What do you think?

 

[Kai]

Yup looks like it. That must be 2 in a million!

[Sanips]

31 minutes ago, Kai said:

Yup looks like it. That must be 2 in a million!

Lucky me! This seed has been triple joy then.

[Fusca]

That's awesome!  I've seen photos of triples and even quadruples from growers of mules and butias.  I've never seen the inside of a mule palm seed, but I've cracked open butia seeds and they often contain 4 embryos.  Here is a link to a photo:  http://mulepalm.com/seedlings_6.html

I'm not sure if these can be easily separated or just allow to grow together.

[Pal Meir]

Those are really identical twins (= gemelos homocigóticos = eineiige Zwillinge) and not the usual ones which originate from different seeds inside one fruit/nut.

[Sanips]

It's weird as hell.

@Fusca I'm not going to separate them I want a clump which with time the different palms curve their stems due to the crown shyness effect (I think is called that way)

@Pal Meir Clearly I've sent my gemini vibes and I've a twin brother too

[ErikSJI]

I see this a couple times a year. I have yet to see one survive past the seedling stage. I have pulled 4 quads in the last 10 years.

[Pal Meir]

43 minutes ago, ErikSJI said:

I see this a couple times a year. I have yet to see one survive past the seedling stage. I have pulled 4 quads in the last 10 years.

Your seedlings are nothing unusual: There is only one seedling per seed because the fruit contains four separate seeds. But the twin in Sanips’ fruit grows out of only one seed.

[ErikSJI]

21 hours ago, Pal Meir said:

Your seedlings are nothing unusual: There is only one seedling per seed because the fruit contains four separate seeds. But the twin in Sanips’ fruit grows out of only one seed.

I would have to disagree with you. There is only one seed. I have cracked many of these seeds open. Like a coconut, in this seed there are 3 functioning pores per seed. I can crack some open if you would like to see. You can also clearly see the embryo when cracked open.

[Pal Meir]

23 minutes ago, ErikSJI said:

I would have to disagree with you. There is only one seed. I have cracked many of these seeds open. Like a coconut, in this seed there are 3 functioning pores per seed. I can crack some open if you would like to see. You can also clearly see the embryo when cracked open.

Oh, that’s interesting. I thought it would be like the multi-seeded nuts of Butia or Attalea, e.g. (Cf. my pic below.) — But I think there is still a difference: Your seedlings seem to sprout from different embryos whereas  Sanips’ twins seems to come out of the same one embryo, as it looks to me.

[Sanips]

Slowly but steady

[Sanips]

A little update. The twins (Pollux and Castor) are putting distance between them

[Kareflo]

I found a white cap like thing about the size of half a ping pong ball.  I picked it up and two 6 inch roots came with it.  I dedided to try to grown it.  I now have a tropical plant about 10 inches tall with 6 "leaves "  coming out of a center stalk.  The leaves alternate.  What do I have?  The white cap is still attached to the stem.  

[Mattpalm28]

Can I ask how you germinated the seeds?