Trunking Chamaedorea radicalis fruit ripening

[Dave Brown]

This palm was left under Fred and Barney Trachycarpus last year just with occasional splurges of water when it didn't rain. At the end of the season when I came to haul it in, I found it had flowered and had green fruit forming. It was about 5ft from my standard C radicalis which had also flowered so presuming it was that clump that pollinated it.

It was left dry in the frost free polytunnel over winter , and brought down into the Lunar Module when March was worse than Dec/Jan/Feb

I brought it out today as we have a more summery day, and the fruit is ripening

[cordyman]

very nice, great camera work on the fruit too!

Is it edible?

[Yorkshire Kris]

very nice, great camera work on the fruit too!

Is it edible?

No but Butia fruit is.

[cordyman]

date palms too!

[Yorkshire Kris]

date palms too!

That's true of course! But you are unlikely to get any to ripen in the UK