Male & female Trachycarpus's.
Male & female Trachycarpus's.
Most of my larger ones are in flower now, my kid's bought me a propagator & some other bit's yesterday for father's day!, I would like a bash at growing some offspring!, whats the best way of telling the sex of each palm?, I've seen an explanation on e.p.s but I cant tell the difference between each flower?. karl.
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Karl, I was not going to answer this post as what I am about to reveal is second hand knowledge so I am not sure if its fact or fiction, so please don't shoot the messenger if it is wrong. I'm pretty sure this came from a post on EPS. Tap the flower, if its a male you will see pollen dust fall from the flower. Seems plausible to me.
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True, if the flowerhead is mature. Not shedding pollen can mean either female, or an immature or overmature male.jungle jas wrote: Tap the flower, if its a male you will see pollen dust fall from the flower. Seems plausible to me.
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For many years my Trachycarpus flowered releasing pollen in quite large quantities. I assumed it was male. Three years ago it started producing a few seeds and a couple of seedlings grew underneath it. Now it produces 100's of seeds, in fact there are 100's still on it from last year and it's flowering now
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maybe your Trachycarpus had a sex change operationGaryW wrote:For many years my Trachycarpus flowered releasing pollen in quite large quantities. I assumed it was male. Three years ago it started producing a few seeds and a couple of seedlings grew underneath it. Now it produces 100's of seeds, in fact there are 100's still on it from last year and it's flowering now
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Just taken these pics of my 2 largest Trachys, I think I've got this the right way round:
Trachycarpus Flowers, male and female:
Trachycarpus Flowers, male and female:
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Rick, if that's the case then I only have one large male that's flowering so far!!, they do say that there's more female's in the uk population though. . karl.
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Re: Male & female Trachycarpus's.
Right so I was the wrong way round, sounds about normal for me
Dave Brown wrote:Male flower branches are pendulus arching downwardFemale flower branches are much more upright