This baby tree has been growing in the incubator area for over a year. Each summer, the queen palms send out seed pods that are quite a nuisance to South Florida homeowners. This tree is from one of those seeds. After the seeds have fallen, they rot for a few months and become brown (like the photo below)
Once they turn brown, the seeds germinate and litter the yard with baby palm trees. Below is a photo from Aug 2008 immediately after some of the orange seeds fell all over.
I saved a couple of the germinated seeds from an earlier bloom. Here's the photo of two of the young seedlings I decided to nurture.
Here's how the tree looks today. Pretty nice looking tree given that it had frizzle top disease a few years ago.
Wow, your palm appears to be growing quite fast. Do you fertilize it a lot? It looks great.
ReplyDeletehave never fertilized it. perhaps i should because i feel like it's growing slowly. thanks for the comment.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful trees! Are these types of palms difficult to care for? They do seem to be growing a bit slowly, but then again palms have a tendancy to take their time. Thanks for sharing, and if you have time could you visit this blog? http://www.citrusfruittrees.net/ Thank you!
ReplyDeleteLooks great! I have two that I started from seed last summer. I transplanted from the pots only a few weeks ago. Yours is bigger than mine. Nice!
ReplyDeleteA fantastic blog with some great pictures! If only we had the weather you guys do!
ReplyDeleteWe have a similar blog in the UK if you would like to have a look - http://www.wellrooted.co.uk