Adonidia merrillii and Elaeis guineensis seedlings - Any interest?

[PalmatierMeg]

I got Adonidia merrillii and Elaeis guineensis seedlings popping up in the yard. I am particularly overwhelmed with Christmas palm offspring. Before I consign them to the compost pile is anyone in the continental US interested in them? If so, let me know in this topic. I'm not interested in selling "one of this or two of that". Seedlings are 3-6" tall. 

 

[Merlyn]

@PalmatierMeg if the Elaeis seedlings are from your "Whole Leaf" version, then I bet there would be a lot of interest.  I read somewhere that Elaeis are "functionally dioecious" because the male and female flowers on a palm sprout at different times.  Thus you really need to save pollen or have several nearby...maybe.    Self-pollinated "whole leaf" are supposed to grow pretty true to form, so if it's the only Elaeis in the vicinity then you might have a bumper crop of interesting palms!

[peachy]

I saw some christmas palms just over 1 metre overall height in 22cm pots for $90 each last week in a nursery.  I have a pile of foxtails around the one  metre mark and can't give the damn things away.  I can't even force myself to dump a healthy plant but I know how annoying it is when you have something worthwhile and can't find them good homes.

Peachy

[OC2Texaspalmlvr]

21 hours ago, PalmatierMeg said:

Elaeis guineensis seedlings popping up in the yard.

Interested ! 

T J 

[AlligatorDave]

Hi Meg, I’m interested in a bunch of oil palms. My neighbors will take anything after all the trees we lost in Ian. My street used to be lined with trees, now it barren. I’m in Cape Coral. Let me know how you’d like to do this. BTW I have some seeds for you.

-Dave

[PalmatierMeg]

20 hours ago, Merlyn said:

@PalmatierMeg if the Elaeis seedlings are from your "Whole Leaf" version, then I bet there would be a lot of interest.  I read somewhere that Elaeis are "functionally dioecious" because the male and female flowers on a palm sprout at different times.  Thus you really need to save pollen or have several nearby...maybe.    Self-pollinated "whole leaf" are supposed to grow pretty true to form, so if it's the only Elaeis in the vicinity then you might have a bumper crop of interesting palms!

No, the whole leaf oil has yet to flower. Ian took out my two regular oils.