About Strelitzia reginae ‘Mandela Gold’
This beautiful tropical palm/ornamental plant is most commonly found in households and gardens. It is suitable for indoor and outdoor decoration. This palm is also known as Mandela’s Gold Bird-of-Paradise, the Latin name of the plant is Strelitzia reginae ‘Mandela Gold’. It is a pleasure to look at this green palm. Tropical Seeds can supply these palm seeds fresh and in large quantities. This particular variety is available:
SEEDS & GERMINATION
These palm-seeds are a wholesale product and are prepared to use in a nursery. We can supply all the seeds with sowing instructions and breeding advise, how to get a high germination rate.
The seeds are used in our own nursery, so we are experienced in germinating and breeding Strelitzia reginae ‘Mandela Gold’ ourselves. We can provide a high quality standard for our customers, because of our knowledge and our usage of the seeds.
OTHER TECHNICAL & ORDER DETAILS
There are around seeds of this specie in 1 kg. The minimum order for this product is . Seeds are carefully packed in seed bags and shipped/transported with caution.
We ship worldwide, according to the wishes of our customers we can also arrange transport. We are experienced in packing, customs clearance and phytosanitary regulations. All business transactions are subject to latest edition of the Plantum© conditions. A copy of these conditions will be forwarded on first request.
Although seed can be sown most of the year in many parts of Australia seed is generally best sown in spring or autumn, avoid the coldest and hottest months of the year. The optimum germination temperature for germination is around 25°C for this species.
- Nick seed with a sharp knife or abrade with coarse sandpaper.
- Soak seed 24 hours in warm water and remove the bright orange hairs attached to one end.
- Sow seed 1cm deep.
- Water with fine mist spray to avoid disturbance of the seed.
- Place in a warm shaded or semi shaded position to avoid dying out.
- Keep warm & moist, avoid drying out or waterlogging the growing mix.
- Germination generally occurs in around 4-8 weeks @ 25°C.
Note: Some research has shown it may also be beneficial to place the seed in a plastic bag and place in the refrigerator for two weeks prior to the process note above.
General note: Seeds of many natives are dormant and require specific conditions or pre-treatment for germination.
Do not be too hasty to discard seed that does not germinate, seeds will often lay dormant until the conditions are similar to their natural requirements for germination to occur. Containers put to one side will often surprise long after they were discarded.