Parajubaea torallyi var. torallyi              two very large seeds with germination instructions
Pasopaya Palm

Parajubaea torallyi var. torallyi  grows to a higher altitude than any other palm in the world at a breathtaking (in every sense of the word) 3400 m (11100 ft.) or possibly even 3600 m (11800 ft.). It is one of the most stunning of all palms, combining the majestic appearance of a Jubaea with the robustness and speed of growth of a Syagrus. The large and very unusually sculptured seeds have an unfair reputation of being very unreliable to germinate. Our own trials with fresh and mature seeds have shown that it does not deserve this reputation. While we indeed found germination to be somewhat erratic, we also found that seeds will eventually sprout quite happily when sown under proper conditions, i.e. on the surface of seed beds, buried only halfway, and kept only slightly moist.