Archontophoenix maxima

Archontophoenix maxima
Walsh River Palm

The largest of the Archontophoenix, this species grows a smooth, gray trunk to 25 m (80 ft.) tall, topped by a green crownshaft that carries several ascending, pinnate leaves with stiff leaflets, green above and silvery underneath. Noteworthy is its massive inflorescence that holds thousands of attractive, red fruit. A. maxima is native to wet forests in the Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia between 800 and 1200 m (2600 and 3900 ft.)

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Seeds from this species ...

... are very easy to germinate and need up to 3 months to sprout.
I placed about 90 seeds in a tropical soil mix and kept ambient temperatures around 85F. First seeds sprouted in 15 days, and after 50 days, I have about 70% germination.
Submitted on 05/02/2006 by Christian Faulkner cfkingfish@gmail.com

...very easy to germinate and need up to 3 months to sprout.
Grows like the clappers. Faster than the other Archontophoenix species. Trunk becomes very wide. Natural habitat experiences cool-cold conditions in winter, thus grows well in the subtropics even though natural habitat is the highlands of tropical NQ, Australia inland from Cairns. Large fruit germinate easily. From Kris
Submitted on 31/05/2005 by Kris Kupsch tropicalbotanics@hotmail.com

...very easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to sprout.
I used the "zip bag method" with sphagnum moss to germinate the 23 seeds that I received from here, in less than 2 weeks, 20 seeds had started to germinated so I transfer them to individuals containners.
Submitted on 03/03/2005 by one of our visitors


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