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Does anyone have experience of purchasing seeds through this company?
www.rarepalmseeds.com. ?
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I knew them quite well 10 or more years ago. A fair few pictures of their agave, yucca etc on the site are mine but I don't have anything to do with them these days.

Once upon a time they were one of the best online seed retailers as they were palm seed specialists. These days they appear to have bitten off more than they can chew, listing seeds from nearly every plant family, not just palms. From reports on palm websites the stock appears to be allowed to get very old but still sent out - viability if often poor, seeds have turned out to be rotten. As a result they are generally given a wide berth by palm growers. Also quite often the correct ID of the seeds has been questioned in too many instances to warrant taking a chance.

I can't speak for cactus and succulent seeds other than some nolina seeds ended up a different species on one occasion.
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SpikyMike wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2019 11:21 pm www.ratepalmseeds.com. ?
I can't seem to access the website to rate the palm seeds...
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I'm a member of a few Facebook groups for growing palms and exotics. Join one of those and ask. I don't buy many palm seeds so would not want to give you wrong information. I know many people say they don't like Facebook but the groups are much more active than the tropical forum I used to be on and they are the same people.
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Sorry. I should’ve been more precise. I was asking if people have any view or experience as to their list of cactus seeds specifically.
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SpikyMike wrote: Fri Mar 08, 2019 2:04 pm Sorry. I should’ve been more precise. I was asking if people have any view or experience as to their list of cactus seeds specifically.
They seem very expensive.
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