Great work! Those leaves are really trifoliate-like 😆

I've been germinating a few more species recently. I now have around 20 large Jubaea seedlings that have emerged, and hopefully more to come. I've also received 16 types of hardy citrus, and have germinated at least a dozen types so far. Some other species of tree fern have finally started to sprout after being in germination containers for at least a year 😆

What types of citrus? Im assuming there are kumquots and trifolata?

Canadianplant, there are 16 types that I am trying to germinate. Some of them aren't so hardy (Ujukitsu sweet lemon, etc), and others won't come true to seed, and will instead be some other cross (Panzarella lemon and Panzarella orange, etc).

Some of the hardier types include the Glen Citrangedin, SanCitChang, Liudmila Ichandarin, Yuzu, Yuzvange, Yuko, Tai x Tri Hybrid, (Clem x Tri) x Clem, etc 😆

20 large Jubaea seedlings that have emerged,

Congratulations Cameron.
It's so exciting to finally get Jubaeas up...

Look forward to a pic update soon.

Barb

Here are the 20 or so J. chilensis seedlings (sorry for the poor quality):

And here are some germinated Clem-Yuz 2-2 (a Clementine x Yuzu hybrid) seedlings:

Wow, Cameron, your Jubaeas are taller than mine, germinated last summer! 😯 😯
Obviously your good care did that.

I've got some Kumquats still in a community pot.
Congrats on all your Citrus germination success.
Will be great to watch how they do.

Barb

Here are some S. minor "McCurtain" seedlings. You can see that there's one near the back which seems to lack chlorophyll:

And here are some Y. aloifolia seedlings, grown from seed that Damir sent me:

Musa sp. "Helen's Hybrid", seed from canadianplant:

Musa itinerans with a pup, seed also from canadianplant:

TaiTri Citrus hybrid. This is a cross which I'm pretty hopeful about. It's a cross between Citrus taiwanica (which is already hardy to at least -12 C) and Poncirus (Citrus) trifoliata (which is hardy to close to -30 C). I'm hoping that the resulting hardiness is somewhere in the middle, around -20 C. A further stretch is to hope that the fruit produced is semi-edible, or at least useful in citrus-ade drinks! 😆 I believe this hybrid is true to seed, as it's polyembryonic :

And here is another polyembryonic germinating citrus, the Glen Citrangedin:

Nice Cam!

I had one helens hybrid seed pop, and i left it in the sun.......... it didnt last more then a few hours 🙁 I also still have 2 itinerians, no pups on mine though, Im jealous! You werent kidding about the plethora of citrus either 😯

How are your orchids going?

Thanks, canadianplant!

I also had a few "Helen's Hybrid" seedling die, and this was the only survivor. The orchids are doing well; I kept two Phalaenopsis sp. amabilis, and they've at least doubled in size since I got them.

that TaiTri Citrus hybrid sounds like a great test for northern climates. I'm impressed with Citrumelo 'Dustan' since it survived last winter and our power went out for 35 hours and we dropped to -2.9F (-19.3C). I didn't loose any branches at all! I'm thinking that all we need to do is keep the wind off the Citrus and they survive my climate?

How'd your Loquats and other plants fair this past winter?

Tim, I'm pretty hopeful about it! It's great to hear about the survival of your Dunstan Citrumelo.

The winter in my area was the worst for many years. Temperatures were close to -22 C (-5 F), and I did lose a few plants. Even though I had a few feet of straw over the loquats, it's likely that at least two of them are dead. The other two completely defoliated, so I'm waiting to see if new leaves start emerging. It really was an awful winter with a combination of extreme lows and long durations of low temps.

Hey Cam, where did you get your citrus seeds from? Since I bought a Meyer Lemon and Mandarin tree, ive been bitten by the citrus bug LOL. There dont see to be many places with a google search...

You should check out the forum citrus.forumup.org . I know Tim is a member there as well 😆

This is one of the first years that I've seen citrus varieties for sale in box stores here. Last week I saw a Meyer Lemon and some cultivars of kumquats at one. However, since I have so many seedlings, there's no room for any other plants! I also saw a hardy Kniphofia sp. at a hardware store today, which is very unusual for this area.