They turn black when ripe. Almost all chamaedoreas (of which "Parlor Palm" is one) will set seeds, but unless you have a male and female plant, most of the different species seeds will be sterile. I have about 7 different chamie species palms with seeds on right now and all are sterile (I know because I only have one of each plant, no chance that they were actually pollinated and fertile)

Single seed = single stem unless you keep pinching back at the nodes to force development of secondary stems. Best to plant in small cluster. Same for ferns although the root ball, once mature enough will generate new branches if not planted too deeply. Dave

No..lol Kenny I don't need the parlour palm seeds I already have one. I'll throw in some extra tropical stuff I have also for you since you threw in some extra packs. Jeff

hmmmm interesting..so I probably wasted my time, lol. Well, I'll give it awhile and see what happens..if nothing I'll just re-use the soil. I DO have 2 plants together in the same pot. The second one just started its 'bloom' about a week ago, way behind the 1st one. Is there any way to tell if its a male or female? Wouldn't it be nice if I had one of each lol..too bad its not an obvious sign like on humans, lmao, that'd be scary. But, if they aren't really 'flowers'..how would they get pollinated? I assumed because of how they look, the are self pollinating type things...I mean really, they are just tiny balls the whole time. So how would one get pollinated?