Posting this under Germination simply BECAUSE it's so exciting !!!!!
I dropped in on John a few days ago.

And there it was...a Trachycarpus that had set and developed seeds.
No other palm tree had bloomed anywhere nearby.

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Hope my male Trachy does that next year!

And a few more pics showing John's fabulous plants:

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Should'a had a beer can for scale 😆 but the base of this Ensete is easily 25 inches circumference:

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