Mule palm and/or seeds

[WattsZ]

Hello I am looking for a mule palm and or mule seeds ( Butia capitata and Syagrus romanzoffiana) I have googled and the sites that come up with smaller options that can be shipped continue to show out of stock since last spring. Thanks for any and all help

[Scott W]

I have shippable mule palms for sale...you can see my thread in the For Sale section or just PM me.

Thanks.

 

[Hardypalms]

I can’t find your post.

 

Link?

Thxs

[jimmyt]

https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/79269-one-year-old-mule-palms/?do=getNewComment

 

[Scott W]

Thanks JimmyT for posting that up...

[jimmyt]

Trying to be a helper😁 

[Desertlife4me]

I found these on ebay, but beware, the seller told me he harvested them from an "established mule palm tree", are we still in agreement that seeds from a mule palm are always sterile?

 

10 Mule Palm Seeds | eBay

[aztropic]

  On 2/15/2024 at 8:44 PM, Desertlife4me said:

 are we still in agreement that seeds from a mule palm are always sterile?

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YES!!!

 

aztropic

Mesa, Arizona 

[Scott W]

  On 2/15/2024 at 8:44 PM, Desertlife4me said:

I found these on ebay, but beware, the seller told me he harvested them from an "established mule palm tree", are we still in agreement that seeds from a mule palm are always sterile?

 

10 Mule Palm Seeds | eBay

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It's not that the seed are sterile, it's that most don't even produce seeds.  The flowers just shrivel up and drop off because of the sterility.

If you search the archives I think there's one thread regarding a mule at Huntington Gardens that produced a few fertile seeds.

[Ben in Norcal]

  On 2/15/2024 at 8:44 PM, Desertlife4me said:

I found these on ebay, but beware, the seller told me he harvested them from an "established mule palm tree", are we still in agreement that seeds from a mule palm are always sterile?

 

10 Mule Palm Seeds | eBay

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No, this is not true.  They are SELF sterile, but can be back-crossed.  I have several palms that have a mule as the mother, crossed with Butia, Butia x Jubaea, etc.  I would think they can also be back-crossed with the Syagrus genus, again with BxS as the mother plant.

[Bigfish]

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