Australian Fingerlime

17 years ago

I am from Singapore and am a bonsai enthusiast. I've grown citrus plants like the Kumquats (Fortunella Meiwa and Hindsii) as bonsai successfully. I've been reading about the Australian Fingerlime (Microcitrus Australasica) or Microcitrus Glauca and am fascinated by such unique citrus plants. I would like to grow these as bonsais because I think they will make beautiful bonsais.

Does any QLD or NSW resident have such seeds? I can trade Camphor (Cinnamomum Camphora) seeds for them if necessary. I don't mind paying for them if need be.

Hope to get some response. Thank you

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nathanhurst
17 years ago
It is very hard to move seeds into australia (and camphor laurel is a weed anyway :). Regarding out going seeds, you might do best to talk to a professional seed company such as nindethana.
bonix
Original Author
17 years ago
Could you let me have nindethana's email or snailmail address so that I can communicate with the person. Better still a nursery who is prepared to sell a seedling.

Thanks,mate.
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nathanhurst
17 years ago
No, that would be against the terms of gardenweb :-( Google is your friend. I doubt you'd be able to get a seedling through customs :-(
roysta
17 years ago
Their website address is: http://members.iinet.net.au/~nindseed

Good luck
bonix
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17 years ago
I seem to be hitting the wall. Nobody seems to have the seeds for sale. Can someone try to find them for me? I also tried Backhousia Citriodora (Lemon Myrtle) also without success. Ninethana sells Lemon Myrtle seeds in bulk @$44. Too much for me. All the nurseries contacted said they do no export plants overseas.

Anyone kind enough to source the seeds for me.
kearnage
17 years ago
Hi there
I had a quick check of the Singapore quarantine site - the Australian exporter would need to provide a phytosanitary certificate and the seed would need to be inspected by Singapore quarantine on arrival. It would be a bit of an exercise and relatively expensive.

The quarantine site is a little hard to navigate but if you head to the 'AVA plant health import requirements' part and click on the link 'Nursery stock, potted plants, seeds, mushroom spawn and tissue culture plantlets' you will get a PDF file which outlines the requirements.

Cheers

Here is a link that might be useful: Singapore Quarantine
alisonoz_gw
17 years ago
Backhousia is very hard to grow from seed and there will not be any fresh from Australia till about March next year. I have bought it once from a commercial private seed supplier and it came un-cleaned - still in the calyx - I was disappointed to find how little actual seed, actually I gave up!
However if you contact me direct (e-mail me through My Page") I may be able to help as I still have some seed but do not know how viable.
Fingerlimes are readily available in Australia, but many of the other native microcitrus are protected and research going on into commercial use/production and information is not readily available. Also, citrus is citrus, a native species can be pollinated by a non-native species and so the seed is sterile or non-existant or un-reliable.
Your best avenue is to check thoroughly with your quarantine department as to importing plant material to Singapore. Then whether by bud-stock or bare-rooted material - or any other form - you pr some traveller may be able to import legally, a living plant to Singapore. There are many suppliers here who sell tube-stock so long as they do not have the bother of exporting it.

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