Caryota urens - Fishtail Palm Seeds
By Delonix1
- 9 Aug, 2010
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Fishtail Palms have thousands of seeds per flower spike. Usually you see hundred of seedlings under large fruiting trees. Photo taken at Quail B. G. on August 3, 2010.
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Palmate:
You're correct! : >)
Each tree has from 5 to 8 spikes like this...containing many thousands of seeds. It depend on how tall the tree is...and their potential height is 100 feet/ 32 meters tall. Although in Coastal California they tend to only top out at 60 - 70 feet.
9 Aug, 2010
Fantastic. Even the seeds look interesting!
9 Aug, 2010
Rather like dangly earings ! amazing
9 Aug, 2010
How long from planting the seed to germination to tree ?
9 Aug, 2010
Mushybanna:
Caryota urens is one of the fastest growing palms in the World. They can grow to 30 feet/ 10 meters within 5 or 6 years...then they slow down.
10 Aug, 2010
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Incredible!! each one of these seed a potential tree ..Mother nature at her finest ....
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