A good source for certified seeds of sabal causiarum and California fan palm

[austinman]

Hi all,

Is there a reliable source where I can buy those seeds?   I bought some sabal causiarum palms a while back.  After a few years,  I realized they are just normal sabal palmetto's.  

Thx 

[Silas_Sancona]

3 hours ago, austinman said:

Hi all,

Is there a reliable source where I can buy those seeds?   I bought some sabal causiarum palms a while back.  After a few years,  I realized they are just normal sabal palmetto's.  

Thx 

Can't speak for Sabal causiarum  but, if you're looking for 100%  legit CA Fan palm seeds,  take a look here: https://store.theodorepayne.org/collections/seeds-1.  Specialize in CA natives and sell them there.  

[palmsrgreat]

4 hours ago, austinman said:

Hi all,

Is there a reliable source where I can buy those seeds?   I bought some sabal causiarum palms a while back.  After a few years,  I realized they are just normal sabal palmetto's.  

Thx 

Hi, I live in N. Texas and have some S. causiarum in band size and some larger. If you're interested send me a message.

[SeanK]

11 hours ago, Silas_Sancona said:

Can't speak for Sabal causiarum  but, if you're looking for 100%  legit CA Fan palm seeds,  take a look here: https://store.theodorepayne.org/collections/seeds-1.  Specialize in CA natives and sell them there.  

Interesting Site.

Unfortunately, it says it couldn't ship 1-gal filiferas to my house address.

[Silas_Sancona]

10 minutes ago, SeanK said:

Interesting Site.

Unfortunately, it says it couldn't ship 1-gal filiferas to my house address.

Don't ship plants, just seed.. 

Foundation / founder are one of the main pillars of both the Hort. industry and early native plant conservation advocates in the state.

[Fusca]

16 hours ago, austinman said:

Hi all,

Is there a reliable source where I can buy those seeds?   I bought some sabal causiarum palms a while back.  After a few years,  I realized they are just normal sabal palmetto's.  

Thx 

@Silas_Sancona's right - only way to get +/- 100% filifera is having someone collect seeds from habitat.  If you're OK with +/- 90% filifera there's a dozen or so really thick trunked filifera in a local Lowe's parking lot.  There's thousands of hybrids and robustas in the RGV but none particularly close to the Lowe's so chances are good to get something close to the parent palms from their seed.

[austinman]

Thank you all for the help.  Will check all those out.

[SM458]

Theodore Payne only allow pick up for actual plants sold. Seeds are the only thing they will ship. 

[Silas_Sancona]

4 hours ago, SM458 said:

Theodore Payne only allow pick up for actual plants sold. Seeds are the only thing they will ship. 

Yep,

Can remember back to the first time i bought seeds -of any kind- from somewhere.   Came from them and at that time, ( mid- 90s ), Pretty sure they weren't offering plants,   at- all-.

[Ben G.]

On 6/12/2024 at 7:12 PM, austinman said:

Hi all,

Is there a reliable source where I can buy those seeds?   I bought some sabal causiarum palms a while back.  After a few years,  I realized they are just normal sabal palmetto's.  

Thx 

I have a bunch of newly sprouted California fan palms that are very small. I am not interested in trying to ship them, since I doubt I could get them to you alive at this size. I would be happy to give you a few, if you are ever down here between San Antonio and New Braunfels though.

Here are the seed source trees in Phoenix, they looked like as near 100% filifera as I felt I could find:

 

[austinman]

Hi Ben,

The massive trunk looks like the real thing.   I wish I had picked all those seeds when I was in palm spring.  In Austin,  only the true California fan palms survived the big freeze a few years ago

Thx Ling

[Bigfish]

I have some 100% legit Sabal causiarum seeds.  DM me if interested.

Frank