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... are easy to germinate and need up to 6 months to sprout.
I collected about 50 seeds of the "maripa palm" in Suriname where the fruit is often eaten and is quite delicious. I cleaned the seeds and put them in plastic bags with seed starting mix (not too moist) at temperatures ranging between 18-25 degreeds Celcius. After 2 months the first seed had germinated with a thick white shoot, coming through the plastic bag. Not long after the first, lots of others started germinating too and I put them in deep pots so the first shoot can grow deep enough. After 2 more months the first leaf popped above ground (quite a long time). I'm very curious about it's growth from now on...
Submitted on 08/10/2007 by Kai Kuné fishyboy2@hotmail.com

... are average to germinate and need up to 6 months to sprout.
About 7 months ago, I got 2 seeds from the "maripa" tree from a collegue. They came from Suriname (to the north of Brazil). I thought they were called Maximiliana maripa, but maybe I'm wrong... I put them right away in a plastic bag with slightly moist germinating soil. I allmost gave up on them but now, more than 7 months later I discovered a root pushing through one of the 3 pores. It might have something to do with the rising of the temperature. They are constantly at 25 degreeds Celsius right now. My collegue says that once they start growing, they'll take off!
Submitted on 22/06/2007 by Kai Kuné fishyboy2@hotmail.com

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