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Hi,Thanks Dada, but I only have a non- fruiting seedling Duguetia, I've been told Duguetia leaves look similar to Rollinia? Others tell me Duguetia leaves are smooth more like A. Muricata? The only way for me to tell for sure is when it fruits, I can't get any definitive answers from anywhere.
I cannot get to trees of D. uniflora right now. But it is easy to figure out if it is a Duguetia. If the fruit cannot be separated with a knife and only the segments come out then it is a Duguetia. Basically each segment is like a tiny fruit that you hold on the skin portion and you suck the flesh around the seed.
Hope this helps.
Here's my rollinia for comparison:
Currently - so it has small leaves
From a more "leafed out" time, in December:
I could spare one fulla! Where abouts are you?
I have some of lucs mattossii and they are def a slow grower but the look of them they are very beautiful foliage in their own right. Don't like too much sun and water when very young and only drama I have had with them is a small caterpillar that hides in them and eats growing tips.You wouldn't have a spare one to sell or swap, Don? I'm in NSW.
I noticed mine in flower for the first time.
Awesome:)
How old is the plant?
Iv tried to germinate seeds from Ebay a bunch of times without any luck I wonder if they need to cold stratify
My tree is getting up there, maybe 7-8 years old.
Yes, I've read that freezing the seeds can help and scarifying the hard seed coat as well.
Happy to send you some fresh seed if I remember when they ripen.
Thanks Jmc96 that would be amazing!
I suspected it would need quite abit of age on it to fruit as iv only seen large specimens in fruit online.
It is a really interesting species please keep us updated.of it's progress.
I noticed mine in flower for the first time.
Awesome:)
How old is the plant?
Iv tried to germinate seeds from Ebay a bunch of times without any luck I wonder if they need to cold stratify
Luc, I only have the Alstonville, a yellow, and a Red Centre lime, which is very similar to a finger lime only oval in shape, I think I might have sent you some seeds of that variety? There is a lot of mature fruiting varieties at local plant nurseries to choose from, but I don't have much use for them personally.They are out of season for me here in Australia Nick. They are starting to flower now.
What are the varieties you grow John ?
I had good germination rates just by being patient. They took around 6 months without any special effort. These are approaching 12 months since sowing the seed and are off scamBay surprisingly enough.
You have revived my hope!!
Do you mind mentioning the seller you used?
A friend just mailed a picture of ripening DPI Gold starapples on his tree.I thought I would get seeds this week but it will be a few weeks yet.Anyway they seem to be a bit of a sensation with tasters as they are pretty well latex free and have a more pleasant taste than purples and greens.
You may recall a shot of pinks and golds I posted a while ago.Juicy pearl is the smaller one in this shot and us a different species.
I have a feeling these larger pinks and gold starapples will be popular and in wider circulation before long.
