This is a rare offering of Screw Pine seeds - Pandanus utilis - the monster, with huge stilt roots! I've never tried from seed, so I have no idea how good the germination is - but the spiky balls have turned brown/tan, and I've just planted them in soil - I'm hoping they will grow - but in the meantime, does anybody want any? What do you have? I'm interested in tropical trees, bulbs (tropical), succulent bulbs, caudiciforms, or try me! No cuttings, though, except for Brugs. Thanks!

I'm also looking for Pandanus, either sm. plants or I'll even take seeds. I had a beautiful plant when I lived in NY, but left it behind when I moved to Florida. My daughter-in-law took it and slowly she forgot to water it. I didn't last very long in her hands. I've been searching for over a year for one in the big box stores. No luck there.

I have a screw pine in my yard, and it has a little die back, but not as bad as yours, but I think the fact its under an oak's canopy and near the north fence protects it from the killer freeze. You indeed have a pandanus (screw pine), but it looks like yours doesn't have the shark teeth along the edge of the blades like mine (or my eyes are failing me). I'll have to defer to others who know what they are talking about, but I suspect that if you leave it alone it will recover as long as the central part is still alive and giving off new leaves. It will also on occasion grow new branches so if the top is truly hammered it might give off new branches to the side. It's going to be a little ugly for a while though. Mine is a very slow grower.

i have a beautifull one as a centerpiece and it gets rave reviews from everyone that see's it. it does drop leaves but it is way woth that annoyance. it is up lit at night and really shows. they do have little barbs on the edges of the leaves but i dont really have any reason to get poked by them. as far as the seeds go they are very interesting to see hanging and you can avoid the mess by cutting the whole bulb off as soon as it starts to turn yellow. if you wait for it to dump on its own its a pain picking them all up. never had one sprout. you will get constant compliments and comments on the tree.