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Lodoicea seeds?

Mr_Marojejya

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Mr_Marojejya Apprentice

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Hi all,

Does anyone know where to acquire growable seeds of L. maldivica? It seems to be entirely impossible. 

Rarepalmseeds has them for 1000 euros each, and has been out of stock for over a decade. There seems to be no other source, yet they are plentiful in the Seychelles and have the embryo scraped out, and the cornels sold at exorbitant prices. yet to my knowledge there does not seem to be any seed exporting business?

So if anyone knows Id love to hear how you got yours, or if you know how some can be acquired 

Many thanks :)

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palmfriend Grand Master

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Hi,

you are not the first asking about this - but several threads over here have already dealt with this matter... 

If you find a reliable and - most important - LEGAL source, please let us know.  

Lars

 

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Mr_Marojejya Apprentice

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7 hours ago, palmfriend said:

Hi,

you are not the first asking about this - but several threads over here have already dealt with this matter... 

If you find a reliable and - most important - LEGAL source, please let us know.  

Lars

 

oh ok thanks, I shall have another search on the forums

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I stopped by Foster Botanical Garden in downtown Honolulu a few days ago. They have a mature female with about ten feet of trunk just loaded with fruit.  They got pollen from a tree in Nong Nooch Garden in Thailand.  Foster has been planting out seedlings (about six) in their garden so that down the road they will have both male and female trees. Right now the seedlings are only about four feet high, but what a wonderful investment in the future of this amazing and rare species. 

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I would be shocked to learn that they sell seeds to private individuals. More likely they are distributing them to other botanical gardens around the world.

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On 6/3/2022 at 4:42 AM, Rick Kelley said:

I stopped by Foster Botanical Garden in downtown Honolulu a few days ago. They have a mature female with about ten feet of trunk just loaded with fruit.  They got pollen from a tree in Nong Nooch Garden in Thailand.  Foster has been planting out seedlings (about six) in their garden so that down the road they will have both male and female trees. Right now the seedlings are only about four feet high, but what a wonderful investment in the future of this amazing and rare species. 

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I would be shocked to learn that they sell seeds to private individuals. More likely they are distributing them to other botanical gardens around the world.

oh yes one day. this species should become more available, but at the rate it grows, will probably be a century or two lol.

but fingers crossed!!!!

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GottmitAlex Grand Master

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I believe it takes these palms 60+ years to fruit....

 

 

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5 year high 42.2C/108F (07/06/2018)--5 year low 4.6C/40.3F (1/19/2023)--Lowest recent/current winter: 4.6C/40.3F (1/19/2023)

 

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I think they produce seed on Oahu at a botanical garden but that is your best bet . It is impossible to get this palm

 

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