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Cali-wanna-b · Post by **Cali-wanna-b** » Wed May 30, 2007 7:13 am

Hi all,

Does anyone have a pic of a Chinese fan palm seed? I have some seeds from Tampa, FLA and do not know exactly what they are, but they appear to look alot like a livistonia.

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Knnn · Post by **Knnn** » Wed May 30, 2007 7:27 am

The thread here showed Livistona saribus, The L.chinensis seed is almost identical. These also have a blue colored fruit.

http://www.palmsnorth.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=815

Steve

Cali-wanna-b · Post by **Cali-wanna-b** » Wed May 30, 2007 6:12 pm

Hi Steve

Here is the link to a post concerning the same seed a few months ago.

http://www.palmsnorth.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=608

The seed in question is near the bottom of the page and looks like a peanut without the shell. I am going to post some better photos of the seeds and seedlings to see if I can get them ID'ed.

Knnn · Post by **Knnn** » Wed May 30, 2007 7:00 pm

Pretty sure we can rule out Livistona, Serenoa repens fruit is black when mature and seems like a possible match.

http://rarepalmseeds.com/pix/SerRep.shtml

Steve

Laaz · Post by **Laaz** » Wed May 30, 2007 8:00 pm

Serenoa repens is black when ripe, but has a "egg shell" type coating on the outside of the seed. Once you dry the seed you need to crack & remove this protective "egg shell" covering to get to the actual seed.

Cali-wanna-b · Post by **Cali-wanna-b** » Thu May 31, 2007 7:21 am

Here are some pics of the seedlings. These are about 4 months old from the time the seed popped. These seed pop in about a week, but take 2 months to push up it's first strap leaf.

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Knnn · Post by **Knnn** » Thu May 31, 2007 8:42 am

Cali ~ Nice looking seedlings but I'm still not sure, Hopefully someone here will recognize yours.
If I run across anything that looks close I'll send you the info.......

I've been starting to put together a photo album of seeds and seedlings to help with ID's
Has a ways to go but it is a start......

http://gallery.kansaspalms.com/phpAlbum ... on/&var2=1

Steve

Cali-wanna-b · Post by **Cali-wanna-b** » Thu May 31, 2007 9:15 am

Steve

Great looking site!!! "Good" information on seeds and seedlings is hard to find. I will be book marking your page.

Thanks
Craig

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Thu May 31, 2007 5:00 pm

Steve, what a wonderful library of your hard work (and love).
Man, look at the roots on those Zamia! Wow.
Congrats on fine work (as always).
Barb

Laaz · Post by **Laaz** » Thu May 31, 2007 5:49 pm

Great job Steve ! Nice info and layout.

tropicman · Post by **tropicman** » Thu May 31, 2007 7:41 pm

Excellant site,Great Job Steve!

Knnn · Post by **Knnn** » Thu May 31, 2007 8:55 pm

Still a work in progress

Steve

PalmsNorth.com

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Serenoa repens ?

Thanks for the comments :-)