From flower to sellable palm- A hybrid's journey

Unlike traditional plant nurseries who purchase seed online or grow palms from seed collected from their own trees, our hybrid palm trees are created through manual cross-pollination and selective breeding, often 18-20 feet high on a ladder. Even a small batch of seedlings represents several hours of meticulous work based on strict protocols and this is reflected in the price.

For example:

• 10-15 years for an average palm to begin flowering
• 5,000-10,000 total flowers produced per inflorescence
• 2,500-5,000 pistillate (female) flowers are cross-pollinated by hand
• 50-200 flowers develop into fruits
• 20-80 of the fruits will contain viable seeds with the rest
  being parthenocarpic (non-viable; no seed).
• 15-60 of these seeds germinate into seedlings.
• 9-40 of the seedlings are selected for sale based on color and vigor, the rest are discarded

The entire process from flower to sellable plant is
about 2 years.