Didn't get germination! It's been months and still no sign.
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I ordered also from rarepalmseeds.com, although they are more expensive, I hope they are fresh..
And also I asked a friend who is hiking in Peru to collect seeds from Mita, fresh ones.
Check few of them they might get rotten.
The thing with Vasconcellea is that you need to remove the sarcotesta, and this is usually not done by the seeds collectors. There are some treatments that are mandatory to undertake them, unless the seeds are not older than a month. Which is hardly the case.
For those lucky who have V. palandensis I hope you will take care of the plants and hopefully make fruits. The seeds are very rare. It's a ´Critically Endangered´ species which grows only in Ecuador, in Zamora-Chinchipe province. The extent of occurrence is only 6 km2. The species is not cultivated. The only known population is threatened by severe deforestation and timber extraction.