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My fingerlimes are all from stock imported to the university, then distributed to nurseries. I ordered them through Home Depot... See my twitter @VeiledMaid for pics. I've posted in Citrus Forum about who to contact at Home Depot
As far as those trees from Nora and Peter; They tried to send the trees as 'Christmas Decoration' and I refused delivery.
I do follow all rules and regulations. For the safety of my orchard, and everyone else's.

You're being abusive for no reason.

Vernmented,
I would never bypass the phytosanitary certificate. I have my beautiful trees to think of, and what would happen if diseased matter were to contaminate not only my trees, but spread...
I insist on the legal and ethical way that seeds are inspected in order to receive their phytosanitary certificate, and be shipped into the USA. You watched that video?
That is all done on the seed shippers end. The seeds then have to be inspected on entering the USA.
I'm glad for this, and glad that none of my orchard (or anyone elses) have been contaminated by diseased plant matter.

Hopefully you haven't imported something that could have devastating effects on our orchards.

Mail carrier said that the package was empty. I was informed of agriculture inspection, and you will receive the empty envelope back. I recieve seeds from all over the world. If you look at how many trees and plants I own, you can see, I get a lot of seeds. I know mistakes happen. I was hoping this was just a mistake. If Agro removed seeds, it was for a reason. If they couldn't read your cert, if the seeds were moldy, if the seeds had sprouted and started growing... You'll know why when you get the package. Lorenzo, I'm not the person who is responsible for making that package empty. It was empty. It was confirmed as empty by the post office.

Here's a video that describes in short what can happen when seeds go through Agro.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4jI3J7bO10

There can be a lot of reasons why they didn't pass.
You'll find out, and please share why when you do. The information may help all of us better share our seeds (which is so very important that we all be able to do).
You know your seeds very well, and have a lot of experience shipping from Philippines. It should really be you that shares that information.

I went to the post office, on your request. At least I was able to find out why there were no seeds. Agriculture inspection.

I'm just a botanist who grows out masses of seeds from all over, hoping to have interresting and useful plants for my family. What do I know about sending seeds? Really nothing. You're the pro. I'll leave it for you to find out why they were removed.

Mailman showed up with empty envelope. No seeds. Please advise.

Edit:
I refused delivery and had Mailman return to sender. You can track it with the same tracking number you provided me.

Too bad. I had my heart set on growing Marang for my family.
This is the second time I ordered Marang, and didn't receive it.
First was from a highly respected seller (who has 100% feedback from Dave's Garden, and is loved here)
Marang denied

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Thanks for that post, Millet. Australian Blood Lime has existed for a while. It's also called 'Red Center Lime' and produces the same pigments. I'd love to see more of these Anthocyanin rich varieties at market. They're so pretty!

This thread inspired me to track down not only Orangeberry and Fortunella Hindsii trees for my own collection. It also inspired me to order Wampee seed (from another source). I wish we had more citrus for our collections, right here in Maricopa or Phoenix Arizona.
I'd really like to give thanks to these kind people (nods to the above mentioned Millet and Matievski) that are such a great resource for information pertaining to the care and propagation of what cultivars we are fortunate enough to obtain.
Cheers! and Happy Holidays!

If they don't respond to your claims, and make the situation right, they will be banned from the forum.

They have until the end of the week to correct the issue.

They didn't refund, or send the trees and seeds that I ordered.
I opened a paypal claim.
They talked me into canceling the Paypal claim, saying that they would send the rest of my order if I did so.
That was last month.
They did not keep their word.
The way paypal works, if you cancel a claim you can not open it back up.
These people kept my money, and didn't send my trees and seeds.

I'd like to give my business to honest people.
I don't care how big your business is, or how long you've been around.
I still have 20 Finger lime trees to purchase. I also want to purchase Russell River Lime, Sunrise lime, and Blood lime trees.
If you can insure the trees, and include the required certificate, feel free to contact me.

Thank you

Starling,

The only thing that you really need to reproduce from their experiment, for the fruit to produce more Anthocyanins, is the added O2 and the winter temperature. You do not need the 'mountain altitude' kPa to stimulate the fruit to produce more Anthocyanin.

If you want to experiment with your Anthocyanin rich fruits, you can see this happen while your fruit is on your trees by using a large baggie, a few rubber bands, and O2. If you don't already have an O2 tank for welding, you can purchase O2 included with a cheap torch kit.

Use rubber band to seal the open end of the bag onto fruit.
Cut open a hole in the opposite end, and deflate it.
Inflate the bag with O2
Seal the bag with another rubber band.
Watch fruit that is hyper oxygenated respond by creating more Anthocyanins, and compare it to every other fruit on your tree.

It is really this simple.

I Thank you Millet
Those conditions are so easy to replicate, at least for my purposes.

< Thanks Millet
 
I was hoping you could tell me what compounds are in what parts of Finger Lime,
and is it across the board; or do only certain varieties of Finger Lime create those pigments in certain parts of the plant.

I'm fascinated by the potential effect of Finger Lime on my Butterfly Koi:
They go nuts for Finger Lime; Leaves, Peel, and Spheres.
I'm planting Finger Lime as hedge around my property...
I will literally be able to see what pigments are present in Finger Lime by what color my fish become. lol

Anthocyanins (red, that is developed in citrus during colder months) will have an effect on the color of my Butterfly Koi fish:
It makes them a deeper red (blue red, like I want in my Goromo)

Lycopene brightens orange; but also makes white fish appear dingy.
Example:
Blood Orange is great for red koi (it contains Anthocyanins), but Cara cara Orange isn't so great for white Koi (it contains Lycopene)

Finger Lime plant is total brain candy for me right now.
More so for the lack of information (try to google 'Finger Lime Leaves Safe To Eat') lol

(You see why I usually just read the forums, instead of posting... sorry for going on about this)

Thank you for pictures of these varieties!
Would you happen to have pictures of what these finger limes look like when they are growing?

I was sent "Crimson Tide" and "Red Champagne" finger limes;
but the young fruit looks just like my "Rainforest Pearl" trees.

I'm very new to growing finger limes.
Do "Crimson Tide" and "Red Champagne" change to deep black and red when they ripen?

I would appreciate any information about when finger limes color up,
and anything that you might know that might change the color.

Thanks