Hybridizing Question

[freakypalmguy]

Has anyone had their Coco queen produce seeds naturally? Is the pollen viable from these crosses, I know the mules supposed to be sterile, but are crosses that are done with two Syagrus sterile as well?

[Fusca]

11 minutes ago, freakypalmguy said:

Has anyone had their Coco queen produce seeds naturally? Is the pollen viable from these crosses, I know the mules supposed to be sterile, but are crosses that are done with two Syagrus sterile as well?

Mine are still juveniles but I posed this question before - they are sterile also.  Syagrus x costae is an exception - I've germinated seeds from this cross (Syagrus cearensis x Syagrus coronata).  Most hybrids involving Syagrus are sterile.

[96720]

I’m not a seed expert but my coco queen that is a syagrus hybrid looks like there is no male pollen so they don’t get pollinated but you might be able to use male pollen from another palm and get some viable seeds 

[freakypalmguy]

Thank you both for the replies, I was hoping that a Syagrus X Syagrus hybrid might have viable pollen, but that does not seem to be the case.

[96720]

I was hoping the same thing it only makes since but so far no viable seeds 

[PalmatierMeg]

I have had a Syagrus romanzoffiana x S. flexuosa (or the reverse, I can't recall) in the ground for over 11 years and it has never produced any seeds whatsoever. Every attempt to flower aborts. And, so far it has never contracted the fusarium wilt that destroyed all my queens & mules.

[freakypalmguy]

Thank you Meg, and sorry to hear about all the fusarium, I’ve had my share of it here in California, wiped out almost all of my Canarys And my beautiful Filifera

[OC2Texaspalmlvr]

I believe Patric uses @Ben in Norcal Cocoqueen to make other hybrids right now 

[96720]

This is a inflorescence on a coco queen it is all female I’m pretty sure that if you new what you were doing you could use these to hybridize 

[Ben in Norcal]

5 hours ago, OC2Texaspalmlvr said:

I believe Patric uses @Ben in Norcal Cocoqueen to make other hybrids right now 

True story. He has hybrids with Butia available - I got one, but have not planted out as yet.