Chambeyronia Macrocarpa Germination

[Jlewis3]

Hello,

I received some Chambeyronia Macrocarpa seeds a week ago and have been germinating them in a plastic container with moistened paper towels. I was curious if anyone had a successful germination process and had an idea of how long these usually take to germinate? 
 

Thank you!

Jordan

Edited September 17, 2023 by jordantlewis3
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[happypalms]

5 minutes ago, jordantlewis3 said:

Hello,

I received some Chambeyronia Macrocarpa seeds a week ago and have been germinating them in a plastic container with moistened paper towels. I was curious if anyone had a successful germination process and had an idea of how long these usually take to germinate? 
 

Thank you!

Jordan

I sure have had germinated them by the hundreds styrofoam box’s with a plastic liner in the bottom they take a while to germinate up to 8 to 12 months coco peat perlite mix 30 degrees Celsius bottom heat 

[Jlewis3]

Thank you so much for your response. Wow hundreds! That’s so awesome. Sounds like I will have to get a heat mat. I can’t wait for them to start growing. 

[richnorm]

Been a while but baggie method with no extra heat worked well for me. They seem to be particulalrly easy to germinate and establish compared to other New Caledonian palms.

[happypalms]

11 minutes ago, jordantlewis3 said:

Thank you so much for your response. Wow hundreds! That’s so awesome. Sounds like I will have to get a heat mat. I can’t wait for them to start growing. 

Yep around 800 there easy to germinate heat mats do make a difference but you can just place the styrofoam box in a warm place 

[Jlewis3]

On 9/17/2023 at 1:12 PM, richnorm said:

Been a while but baggie method with no extra heat worked well for me. They seem to be particulalrly easy to germinate and establish compared to other New Caledonian palms.

Quick question, the seeds I got had the fruit intact and even after cleaning and removing the fruit the seeds still had this bad wine smell to it. Is that normal? 

[richnorm]

1 hour ago, jordantlewis3 said:

Quick question, the seeds I got had the fruit intact and even after cleaning and removing the fruit the seeds still had this bad wine smell to it. Is that normal? 

Should be fine provided picked at maturity.  Sounds like they are really fresh and you should do well.  Good luck!

[tim_brissy_13]

On 9/18/2023 at 6:12 AM, richnorm said:

Been a while but baggie method with no extra heat worked well for me. They seem to be particulalrly easy to germinate and establish compared to other New Caledonian palms.

Basically my process and experience as well. I had 100% on a fresh batch of C macrocarpa var hookeri 5 years ago using baggie method with no added heat.