Areca guppyana

Areca guppyana
Sacred Palm

A dwarf Areca from New Guinea and the Solomon Islands with a very slender trunk to about 3 m (10 ft.) tall, carrying a narrow crownshaft and an open crown of deep green leaves with only a few, very wide segments. The fairly large, bright red fruits can be used as a substitute for betel nut. It is best suited to a tropical climate.

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Seeds from this species ...

... are very easy to germinate and need up to 1 year to sprout.
Water, warmth and time is all that is needed. I collected the seeds fresh from the palms, placed them in a foam vegetable box in good quality, free draining potting mix, just a centimeter below the surface. The box was situated in a place which recieved only morning sun, watered every few days as if young seedlings were growing. This was kept up for about seven months before some young shoots appeared. Twelve seeds were planted, after nine months all twelves shoots had appeared.The trick is to treat that planter box as if it were living, most of my friends, who I shared seeds with gave up after a few months, with no shoots ever appearingI also have the advantage of living in the tropics, my approach was to provide a pemanent wet season for the seeds. I would suggest a colder climate would need longer time and/or a warm area, indoors or a glass house.
Submitted on 07/07/2007 by David Dickson thenumberofthetroutis666@gmail.com

...easy to germinate and need up to 3 months to sprout.
I used a hot lamp placed about two inches away from seeds and monitored the temperature for about two months. Seeds germinated okay but due to a combination of cold winds about 50F and sometimes too much rain they haven't progressed. the weather is warming up so I expect they'll improve.
Submitted on 02/04/2004 by one of our visitors


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If you wish to read more on palm cultivation, we highly recommend Ornamental Palm Horticulture by Timothy K. Broschat and Alan W. Meerow, available in our bookshop.

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We recommend:

Martius, Book of Palms
by H. Walter Lack

Hardcover - 450 pages
19.8 x 13.5 inches!
11.1 pounds!
50 x 34 cm, 5 kg

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Suitable for: all

Martius's magnificent work on the varieties of palm tree. This epic folio was based on Martius's expedition to Brazil and Peru with zoologist Johann Baptist von Spix. From 1817 to 1820 the pair travelled over 2,250 km (1,400 miles) throughout the Amazon Basin, the most species-rich palm region in the world, collecting and sketching specimens.
In his epic work, Martius outlined the modern classification of palm, produced the first maps of palm biogeography, described all the palms of Brazil, and collated the sum of all known genera of the palm family. For apart from his own collection of specimens and notes, Martius also wrote about the findings of others.
Martius's folio is unusual in its inclusion of cross-sectioned diagrams, conveying the architecture of these mighty trees. Equally remarkable are the color landscapes showing various palms—often standing alone—which have a simple and elegant beauty. This famous work is an unrivaled landmark in botanic illustration and taxonomy.

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