Wanted: Candle Stick Tree, Parmentiera cereifera

[Tropheus76]

Looking for seedlings of these guys in the US. Anyone have any or know a source?

[akanonui]

I know you're looking for seedlings, but I bought seeds from tradewinds and they sprouted fairly quickly. I now have 2.5 plants(the half coming from the fact that two of the plants are cinjoined.) and the only reason I am not offering them is due to me needing all of them in case of emergency since I live in Michigan and they'll be in greenhouse.

[ftmyersfruit]

Not sure if it's the same tree, but there is one from Panama at fruit and spice. I may have a picture somewhere.

[Tropheus76]

Wow, you actually got seeds from tradewinds to germinate. I have had almost zero luck with them except for a couple African species. I pretty much placed them in the "do not buy from" category.

[akanonui]

Yeah, they sometimes send old seeds but I would say out of the 5 or 6 times I have ordered from them, only a few times have I had low germination. I will say though that it is frustrating when you buy $20 worth of seeds just to have none of them sprout, but that has only happened to me a few times, as unfortunate as that is. The guajilote actually sprouted nicely for me though. Any seed that said 'new' or 'plant asap' has had good germination in my experience has been decent.

[greenman62]

top trops has one on sale
edulis, not the other one though.

http://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/Parmentiera_edulis.htm