Florida royal seeds

[Robert Cade Ross]

Looking for (TRUE ) Florida royal palm tree seeds . 

[mike in kurtistown]

In early 2004, I visited the nursery of one Richard Moyroud, I think in Ft. Lauderdale, and obtained some seeds of Roystonea palms that he was growing. He told me that he collected his original seeds from the Fakahatchee Strand in southwest Florida. These trees were once regarded as a separate species called Roystonea elata, but the name is now regarded as synonymous with Roystonea regia. I have grown one at my property here and it has just started to make spathes (unfortunately no seeds yet):

 

[redant]

16 hours ago, Cade said:

Looking for (TRUE ) Florida royal palm tree seeds . 

I got a couple million seeds

[Looking Glass]

Come over to my neighbor’s driveway with a broom and dustpan, and you can have all you like.   

[D Palm]

I was driving thru South Florida and picked up some from a Royal growing out in the swamp. Don’t know if it’s a true Florida Royal. I have 6 seedlings sprouted in a container right now.

[Robert Cade Ross]

3 hours ago, redant said:

I got a couple million seeds

Nice , they are my second favorite palm 

[Steve the palmreader]

Go to their natural habitat and collect them

[Robert Cade Ross]

5 hours ago, Steve the palmreader said:

Go to their natural habitat and collect them

Lol I’m all the way in south east Texas, could go there till summer 

[Steve the palmreader]

19 hours ago, Cade said:

Lol I’m all the way in south east Texas, could go there till summer 

Too wet to get in the swamp in the summer

[Valhallalla]

1 hour ago, Steve the palmreader said:

Too wet to get in the swamp in the summer

Actually, its about as wet as it gets right now. The lowest water levels are in April and May after the cold fronts stop coming but before the summer rains begin. However, there is no need to get wet in order to get near some Florida native Royals. They love water but don't necessarily grow where it is constantly flooded.

I will probably be over in the area some time in the next few weeks. I'll see what I can find.

[Sandy Loam]

What time of year do they typically drop their seeds to the ground? That's when it will be best to pick up seeds at Collier County State Park and Fakahatchee State Park. Just bear in mind that the royal palms are more accessible at Collier state park, so seeds will be easier to pick there. 

[Johnny Palmseed]

13 hours ago, Sandy Loam said:

What time of year do they typically drop their seeds to the ground? That's when it will be best to pick up seeds at Collier County State Park and Fakahatchee State Park. Just bear in mind that the royal palms are more accessible at Collier state park, so seeds will be easier to pick there. 

Mostly in the warmer months but it doesn’t matter much. Mature royals drop millions of seeds and they can germinate long after dropping on the ground. I still have seedlings popping up and my royals were taken out a year ago.