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Caryota urens - Fishtail Palm Seeds


Caryota urens - Fishtail Palm Seeds (Caryota urens - Fishtail Palm Seeds)

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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Incredible!! each one of these seed a potential tree ..Mother nature at her finest ....

9 Aug, 2010

 

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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