My chamaedorea seedlings are growing nicely

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Grown from my own seeds collected in the garden. A couple of nice Cham varieties well worth having in any collection or garden. Easy to grow and propagate adscendens my all time favourite and genoformis a must have in any collection, two highly prized chamaedoreas well worth growing. Both quite tough species of chamaedoreas. 

[Nico971]

My Chamaedorea linearis, seeds collected this summer 

and the only C genoformis I as lucky to find 

 

I’m curious, how cold does it get where you live ? 

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On 12/30/2024 at 2:36 AM, Nico971 said:

My Chamaedorea linearis, seeds collected this summer 

and the only C genoformis I as lucky to find 

 

I’m curious, how cold does it get where you live ? 

Wow your garden looks exactly the same as mine. Temperature as low as 2 degrees Celsius but I would be confident in saying they would take 0 degrees Celsius. Linearis for me grow well in the ground. One lucky seed I say you found. 

[Nico971]

Not my garden ! But Maxime Maillot from réunion island, great collector. Was lucky to visit him last summer and collect some of the rarest seeds 🥰

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20 hours ago, Nico971 said:

Not my garden ! But Maxime Maillot from réunion island, great collector. Was lucky to visit him last summer and collect some of the rarest seeds 🥰

Lucky you one for being in the reunion islands and two to visit a collectors garden and three to collect rare seeds. 👍

[gyuseppe]

On 12/29/2024 at 4:36 PM, Nico971 said:

My Chamaedorea linearis, seeds collected this summer 

and the only C genoformis I as lucky to find 

 

I’m curious, how cold does it get where you live ? 

I have tried many times to grow chamaedorea linearis, but they always died for no reason

[Jonathan]

1 hour ago, gyuseppe said:

I have tried many times to grow chamaedorea linearis, but they always died for no reason

I couldn't even get them to germinate, which is unusual, as most Chams are easy if given a bit of time. Maybe the seeds weren't fresh enough.

[tim_brissy_13]

4 hours ago, Jonathan said:

I couldn't even get them to germinate, which is unusual, as most Chams are easy if given a bit of time. Maybe the seeds weren't fresh enough.

I had about 40-50% germination on C linearis a couple of years ago, I’m guessing from the same source Jonathan. I’d guess you’re right and the freshness is a critical factor. 
 

Overall since they grow relatively quickly but always spot over winter, my only Chamaedorea to do so. I’d guess they are a bit less hardy to cool and wet conditions than other species which is a bit surprising because they come from fairly high altitude. I suppose their habitat must feature well drained soils (while staying moist). 

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6 hours ago, tim_brissy_13 said:

I had about 40-50% germination on C linearis a couple of years ago, I’m guessing from the same source Jonathan. I’d guess you’re right and the freshness is a critical factor. 
 

Overall since they grow relatively quickly but always spot over winter, my only Chamaedorea to do so. I’d guess they are a bit less hardy to cool and wet conditions than other species which is a bit surprising because they come from fairly high altitude. I suppose their habitat must feature well drained soils (while staying moist). 

I had no problems with my seeds. And yes they spot over winter in my greenhouse but not in the ground air movement and drainage I guess, I got more drainage than the sewers of Paris in my soil.

[Jonathan]

6 hours ago, tim_brissy_13 said:

I had about 40-50% germination on C linearis a couple of years ago, I’m guessing from the same source Jonathan. I’d guess you’re right and the freshness is a critical factor. 
 

Overall since they grow relatively quickly but always spot over winter, my only Chamaedorea to do so. I’d guess they are a bit less hardy to cool and wet conditions than other species which is a bit surprising because they come from fairly high altitude. I suppose their habitat must feature well drained soils (while staying moist). 

Sounds like they're maybe not ideal for down here in Antarctica...will just have to make do with the 50 other Chamaedorea  species that are!

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28 minutes ago, Jonathan said:

Sounds like they're maybe not ideal for down here in Antarctica...will just have to make do with the 50 other Chamaedorea  species that are!

I always thought Tasmanian was Siberia, until I realised it’s the top of the world in the arctic circle where Santa clause lives. 

[gyuseppe]

13 hours ago, gyuseppe said:

I have tried many times to grow chamaedorea linearis, but they always died for no reason

no, they didn't die from cold, they survived winter very well, as I said before,  they always died for no reason

[Jonathan]

2 minutes ago, gyuseppe said:

no, they didn't die from cold, they survived winter very well, as I said before,  they always died for no reason

Very strange, maybe they're fussy about soil pH or similar? Some Chams are native to limestone karst areas, not sure about linearis.

[Nico971]

17 hours ago, gyuseppe said:

I have tried many times to grow chamaedorea linearis, but they always died for no reason

 

16 hours ago, Jonathan said:

I couldn't even get them to germinate, which is unusual, as most Chams are easy if given a bit of time. Maybe the seeds weren't fresh enough.

I had 100% germination in about 3 months. But the seeds were collected directly on the adult palm. 
and I don’t have winter where I live. I have to admit that the growth rate is now impressive.

I’m trying something new. Putting seedlings directly in the ground. I’ve observed a much faster growth for the specimen directly in the ground. 
Even Joeys have 1 to 2 leaves in plus than the one in pot 

 

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9 hours ago, Nico971 said:

 

I had 100% germination in about 3 months. But the seeds were collected directly on the adult palm. 
and I don’t have winter where I live. I have to admit that the growth rate is now impressive.

I’m trying something new. Putting seedlings directly in the ground. I’ve observed a much faster growth for the specimen directly in the ground. 
Even Joeys have 1 to 2 leaves in plus than the one in pot 

 

Nice one that’s small palms you planted. Your climate must be pretty good to plant seedlings that small. I did plant a lot of my runt joeys in the ground just to get rid of them but found them to slow so I dug them up and planted the best of the best in the ground and there powering along.