Hi,
has everybody succesfully germinate cathaya argyrophylla seeds?
What is the best possibility to get them sprouting?
I got seeds from china.
Foto from the seeds attached.

Here is a link that might be useful: {{gwi:666920}}

A friend got seeds from this source and they were not Cathaya as advertised.

At least some of these seeds do look suspiciously similar to Platycladus orientalis seeds. But hard to tell just from a small pic.

Resin

My supplier, a nursery man from sichuan, is sure that it is Cathaya. He self has harvestet the seeds. From this source only 3 people got seeds from me till now.
Any ideas for good germination?

A friend of a friend bought some seeds from this source. He told me, the seedlings look like Amentotaxus. I cannot say more.
Maybe you ask the 3 people you sold seeds. At least one was successful.

Wolfgang

Ok,
I think I will know more if they have sprouted.
If I ask 4 people about seeds I get 4 different answeres.
My supplier is sure that are cathaya seeds.

"My supplier, a nursery man from sichuan, is sure that it is Cathaya. He self has harvestet the seeds"

Can you ask him to send the cones they were extracted from? That would definitely help identify the seeds.

Resin

From that photo they look like platycladus orientalis
seeds.I will post a photo of platycladus orientalis
seeds I recieved from Sheffields.

shipping from china is very expensive.
I will ask for fotos from cones or the adult cathaya tree.

Beautiful plant!

An extraordinary plant which had no problems during the last 2 hard winters in Germany.

Wolfgang

Hi all

I want add Cathaya argyrophylla to my collection since a long time, anybody know where i can find it?
Or seeds?

thanks

Julien

Julien

I can send you cuttings to graft.

Resin, you said they should be grafted onto Douglas fir- I guess that would include P. sinensis too? That would be good for me here. It has done well after being planted this summer. It's not the shapliest thing though, still I'm happy I've got it.
{{gwi:666927}}

Yep, that should work better than most / all other choices.

Resin

Is it supposed to have a leader?

Yes but you need to get one of those staked up.

Mine died of root rot (Armillaria) this summer. What a bummer. I will be sore from that loss for some time. Fortunately it did produce one female cone and many male cones and there appear to be viable seeds. Keeping my fingers crossed they germinate.

Thanks blue_yew, I didn't know what I should be doing so left it alone.
salicaceae, so sorry to hear that, and Armillaria is everywhere, it could happen to any of us. Not much you can do about it either.

I found Cathaya argyrophylla seeds on this website. I am afraid that's not real seeds of Cathaya. Somebody tried? is it serious?

Here is a link that might be useful: Seeds of Cathaya

At least some of these seeds do look suspiciously similar to Platycladus orientalis seeds. But hard to tell just from a small pic.

Resin is right, the photo displays Platycladus seeds. Cathaya seeds look like Picea seeds.

{{gwi:666929}}
Yes, he have a leader.

Clement

To get germination, I have had the experience that Cathaya a. seeds need a good long cold period -- about the duration of a winter.

I have a Cathaya argyrophylla with 4 cones

http://www.wallis-it.de/fotos/jost/2013/2013-08-20/P1150858.JPG

Maybe I'll get seeds in October......
Jost1

Josh1, that looks very interesting!
Where in Germany do you live?

Hi coniferjoy ,
I live in Tecklenburger Land near Osnabrück .
Take care,
Jost

They have Cathaya seeds in stock, I ordered some and they look like picea seeds as nothotsuga said

http://conifersgarden.com/

@borubar
Wow, thanks for that link.
They have a wicked impressive selection of seeds. (Too bad though that Pseudotaxus, Amentotaxus, and Torreya are all out of stock and expensive.)

sheffield seeds has now Cathaya in stock, I ordered some

I also bought some seeds from that source. Hope they are true cathayas...

I got the best results in germination when using a soil mix based mainly on coconut fiber substrate. I also provide them Previcur with every watering. Advices for keepping them alive are welcome...

Hello, I would like to add Cathaya argyrophylla to my collection. Could someone share cuttings or seeds?

New source for seeds:

http://www.dhgate.com/product/2000pcs-a-set-silver-fir-tree-cathaya-argyrophylla/246203362.html

(Not sure it's reliable)