Wodyetia bifurcata seed
LATIN NAME: Wodyetia bifurcata
COMMON NAME: Foxtail Palm
Foxtail palm is the fine, elegant, single-trunked palm of the warm coasts, and its long, arching, feathery leaves have made it one of the most planted palms of the warm gardens for a very long time. The tall, smooth, slightly swollen trunk carries the long, arching, feathery, pinnate leaves, which rise in a fine, full, plump head above the trunk, and the small, cream flowers open in the long clusters below the leaves, to be followed by the round, orange-red fruits. The palm is a fine, easy, dependable tree of the sunny, well-drained garden and the avenue. It is a plant of the warm, sunny ground.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
Foxtail palm has a steady and growing place in the plant science, and it has been studied for its fine, plump, feathery head of leaves and its place among the most planted of the warm-climate palms. The arching, pinnate leaves and the way the palm grows in the sunny, well-drained garden have been studied closely, and it keeps showing up in the work on the ornamental palms of the warm regions. The smooth, slightly swollen trunk and the plump, feathery crown have also made it a fine avenue tree, and it is a regular subject of the studies of the landscape palms and the warm-climate street trees.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
Foxtail palm is grown for the fine, plump, feathery crown of leaves. The long, arching leaves give the palm a bold, elegant look, and it is a fine, easy, dependable tree for the warm garden, the avenue and the resort planting. The round, orange-red fruits are a fine food for the birds of the warm garden. It has been written about in the horticultural papers for its fine, plump, feathery head of leaves and its easy, dependable ways, and it is a fine, generous palm of the warm, sunny, well-drained garden.
Foxtail palm is one of the great warm-climate avenue palms, and the fine, plump, feathery crown of leaves is a bold, elegant sight. The palm is a dependable, long-lived tree of the sunny, well-drained ground.
In the right spot the foxtail palm is a fine, dependable, long-lived palm, and it asks for very little beyond the sun and the well-drained ground. The fine, plump, feathery crown of leaves is a bold, elegant sight through the whole year.
The foxtail palm is a fine, dependable, long-lived palm of the warm garden, and it takes the sun and the ordinary, well-drained ground well. The fine, plump, feathery crown of leaves is one of the boldest and the most elegant of the palm crowns, and the palm is a fine, easy choice for the avenue and the warm courtyard.
To grow the foxtail palm from seed, soak the round, brown seeds in warm water for two days, then sow them at a depth of a couple of centimetres in pots of moist, free-draining soil, keep them in a warm, bright, sheltered spot and water gently. The seedlings come up in their own good time and grow on slowly at first. With the sun and the well-drained soil, the fine, plump, feathery crown of leaves will be there in a few seasons.
Wodyetia tree(Pure seeds) Common name:Wodyetia bifurcata/Foxtail Palm seeds
It grows to 10 metres tall or more, with large gracefully arching fronds. When mature it produces inflorescences of white flowers followed by large oval fruit, green at first, ripening to orange containing a single large seed, weighing in excess of 20 grams each. The plant is suitable as a houseplant and will stay in check for several years if pot grown. Ultimately it will outgrow the indoor location, but this can take several years and it is so easily grown from seed, that a replacement can easily be obtained. It is tolerant of a wide range of conditions making it suitable for growing either indoors or outdoors (in the tropics). It is not at all cold hardy, so if pot grown outside, it should be brought in before the first signs of frost.
