Man, that is some seriously bad news, I am very sorry to hear that. I would offer to have my parents place in Naples, FL be a spot, but the community is fussy about new plantings. God bless him and his family.

Virginian-
Thank you for the kind words. I wasn't sure if it would be appropriate to put such somber news on the forum but I'm serious about sending one or two my seedlings down to Florida. It helps to talk also.

God bless.

Andy
Sorry to hear about your friend. I lost my best friend to
cancer about 6 mo ago, very hard to cope with. I think the bottle palm is a nice gesture. God be with you and his family.

Sorry to hear Andy. Its sad, friends are so important in todays world. I just found one of my good friends of 20 years ago. It can be an amazing thing when you have a true friend. I would love a bottle but I am not in FL. I hope you find a great home for one.

I will plant it for you if you like. Just let me know if you still need someone to plant it out. Sorry for your loss and of course his family.

Prayers are with you and your friends family!
Don

I would be more than happy to add it to another yard in Ft. Pierce FL and post pics for you. Sorry for the loss Andy.

Mike

Although I am a relative newcomer to this particular forum, please allow me to say how sad I was to hear of the loss of your friend. My heart goes out to his family and all those that knew him. Lovely gesture by you Andy. I'm certain he will be watching over his little girl as she grows up with her family, and having a smile to himself when he sees your palms flourishing.
Gill.

That's really sad news. I lost a very good friend of mine in 2006 to brain cancer (glioblastoma multiform) who my brother and I use to boat to the Bahamas with every summer since the early 80s. She was an eco warrior and taught us so much about the planet and dolphins in particular. She really had an impact on my life and my brothers. It sounds like this person was that way to you Andy.

I would be honored to plant one of your bottles for you. I have several in my yard that I grew from small plants. They get big pretty fast. I can post pictures of before and after (6/2004 to today) so you can see growth. Regardless, I can assure you it would be well taken care of.

Thank you everyone for your thoughts and prayers. There were a TON of people at the service yesterday. A true testiment to how many lives he touched. David, Kitchenshock, and Bestdan-
I may very well have one for all of you. I have four that have sprouted and I do want to keep one (at least until it gets too big)I will post again in late summer when the growing season ends up here and ship down to one or all of you. I'm going to baby them. They won't be going out for the summer until lows are consistantly in at least the high 50s. Thank you all agian. I swear I will post pictures of all of my palms soon.

Andy
I have some bottle seeds coming any germination advise ?

I just used plain old potting mix and placed over heat mat. Actually I'm sure i soaked them for a day first. i think the first one camwe up in about a month. I've already potted one and it is doing well. I will pot a couple more up this weekend.

1 more question how long after it came up did you pot
it ?

A couple months. It was just sarting to push up its 3rd frond.