Attalea geraensis

Attalea geraensis
Indaiá Palm

A nice, garden-sized Attalea that will produce an underground trunk and a spreading crown of up to eight neat, compact, flat leaves with stiff leaflets. It inhabits the highland savannas and dry forest in the south of Brazil and generally grows on sandy soils. The large fruits contain up to six edible seeds and are somewhat slow to germinate, but growth is fast and plants start fruiting after only a few years with curious flower spikes springing from the ground. Attalea geraensis is one of the hardiest and most robust species in this large genus and will require little attention in a warm temperate, subtropical or dry tropical climate.

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Seeds from this species ...

...easy to germinate and need up to 6 months to sprout.
Slow germination (from 3 months onwards)on individual pots with moist peat moss half burried. Temperature ranging 20-25ºC in heated tunnel. They send a long taproot before first leaves appear. (1to 6 seeds/fruit) Fruits were sown without cleaning and after 3 days presoak plus fungicide treatment. Seems to be a strong grower. No seedling loss till now and 30% germination after 3 months.
Submitted on 26/07/2002 by one of our visitors


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