Dbryal-
I believe mine is 1 year younger. I can't remember the exact month but mine germinated two winters ago. It pushed out it's first partially split frond over the summer. It's about 13-14 inches tall and I would say tripled in size last summer. I hope to post some pictures next week. I dumped my internet to save some money. I will need to borrow my aunts camera and post via her computer. My king had a slight case of scale but the coffee grounds along with some insecticidle soap seem to have eliminated it. It is pushing up a new spear and continues to grow thanks to being in a south facing window and some artificial light. My Montgomery palm seedling that I germinated last winter is really shooting up. It seems to love full sun and 65-70 degrees. It's a good 8-9 inches tall and is in impecable shape. My Royal seedling is right on the windowsill. I thought it might be too cold there but it loves it. In fact I noticed a new spear over the weekend. I planted about 50 seeds of varying types about a month ago and the first one has shot up it's (tube that the first leaf comes out of, I don't know thechnical term). It's some sort of Dypsus, I have the exact name at home. Your King looks great, hopefully mine will get that big by the end of next summer.

Might me,but It seem that we planted these the same time
Wow 50 seeds,seem you were pretty busy planting,how many varieties to you think you planted?
I got some seeds coming from Hawaii,hope they get here this week,I just hope the freezing weather doesn't kill them!!!
I got some trachycarpus fortunei seedlings and Washy Fil.seedlings growing now,and a few Liv.Chinesis too,doing good,just started with there 3rd strap leaves,think I'll give them so diluted fertilizer in about a week.

I have planted some Bizmarkias (in 5 inch deep pots sitting on the windowsill). May not germinate until next summer. The soil gets quite warm when the sun is out but that's once a week this time of year. I also planted seeds of the following (they are in compartments about 2 inches deep and sit on heat mats. They were meant to germinate veggie seeds but do a great job keeping the soil in the 80s). some canary island date palms, some type of Dypsus, bottle palms, a type of fishtail palm, and a type of Andean wax palm (some of the tallest growing palms in the world but they occur at elevations of 3-10k feet. They do not like hot weather and I would actually have to move them inside my air conditioned house when it gets too hot. I can't say for sure if we planted our kings at the same time, I only know that this past summer was only the 2nd for mine. I will say that it seems to spead up the growth as it gets older and I would not be surprised at all if it looks like yours after next summer.

You got quite a little collection of seeds there to germinate.
Yep that was the second summer for mine too,this December will make it the starting of it's 3rd year.I -push mine heavy with fertilizer this past year,trying to get fast growth,like I do my washy's so far it has taken everything I gave it with no problems.

Andy,
the bismarkia nobilis have a HUGE tap root. Mine sent out a growing tip a little over a foot long into the ground BEFORE sending out the first leaf and roots-which themselves are really long as well. I grew some directly in the ground and a couple in 5 gallon containers. The bismarkias in the containers hit the bottom of the containers before sending out their first leaves.

Now thats some serious tap roots!!!
Transplanting one of those would not be a easy job!!!

Central Cali-
Thank you for the info. At this point with day after day of rain/sleet and no sun the seeds are not getting the heat needed for germination. I may pot a couple in deep pots and place them on my furnace.

Love those Kings, very popular. One thing though, if in the ground and you try to transplant to another location, BEWARE. They really hate that and will probably die. The biggest one I saw die was about 15 meters tall when its owner decided he wanted it relocated to the backyard! OUCH

I transplanted a King (Illawara) about 3 weeks ago. Put it in a nice warm spot in the ground. It's only about 16" tall...... looks good so far but I hope it will make it through the transplant this late in the season ok. It was/is looking very good and healthy. Think I got 95% of the root... 75% with the dirt intact. Here's hoping (and crossing fingers) for the best.