Trachycarpus takagii x Trachycarpus wagnerianus

[Jonathan Haycock]

My fathers Trachycarpus takagii (T. wagnerianus x T. fortunei F1) flowered for the first time this year (female). He pollinated it with Trachycarpus wagnerianus and seeds appear to be developing. 

Hoping the resultant backcross (T. takagii x T. wagnerianus) will stiffen the leaves further (more wind resistance) without significantly reducing leaf size.

My father and I had a little chuckle at the irony because he was the first out of the two of us to produce a cross. I emigrated to Australia in 2019 to follow my dream to grow a wider variety of palms and create hybrids, yet my father (who’s not that interested in them) beat me to the punch in the UK.  

Edited June 12, 2020 by Jonathan Haycock
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[teddytn]

On 6/12/2020 at 4:36 PM, Jonathan Haycock said:

My fathers Trachycarpus takagii (T. wagnerianus x T. fortunei F1) flowered for the first time this year (female). He pollinated it with Trachycarpus wagnerianus and seeds appear to be developing. 

Hoping the resultant backcross (T. takagii x T. wagnerianus) will stiffen the leaves further (more wind resistance) without significantly reducing leaf size.

My father and I had a little chuckle at the irony because he was the first out of the two of us to produce a cross. I emigrated to Australia in 2019 to follow my dream to grow a wider variety of palms and create hybrids, yet my father (who’s not that interested in them) beat me to the punch in the UK.  

Any luck with viable seeds?

[Jonathan Haycock]

The majority of the seed (500+ I think) were given to a fellow palm enthusiast who got good rates of germination months ago. 
 

My father also sent some to me, which have yet to pop. He sowed the remaining 60 seed in a communal pot, which start germinating a few weeks ago (pictured). 

[teddytn]

@Jonathan Haycock that’s awesome a bunch were viable and germinated! It will be cool to see what they look like in a few years.