Unknown citrus seedling blooming for the first time

This video illustrates how seedling citrus typically will bloom for the first time.

[@ANJH1106]

Can't wait to see got one that's about 3 yr old with my girlfriend it has really bushy growing guiding the branches it took off this month

[@PeterEntwistle]

Very exciting! It will be interesting to see how the fruit turns out!

[@ross2398]

Excited to see what it will be! Perhaps a seedling or your Augusta citrangequat? And honestly I wish more citrus did not come true from, would make for a much easier time to make new hybrids!

[@CitrusPalmsWithTom]

Thanks! Polyembryony is a two-edged sword: one one hand, it does make hybridization difficult except among the known monoembryonic types, but it also makes it possible for the average person to grow quality citrus from seed, something that you can’t to with apples, for example.

[@raregrowsNJ]

Looks good, I agree that it might be a kumquat. My limequat grown in a container, also from seed, is flowering now at ~2 years old! Thanks for clarifying the "citrus from seed will never bloom" myth, it's often repeated on forums and such not just for citrus but almost any other kind of fruit tree from seed. I say plant every seed if you have the space!

[@CitrusPalmsWithTom]

I think that myth has arisen somewhat from people’s experiences growing citrus in containers. I have a friend who grew a grapefruit from seed in a container and he would regularly prune it so he could get it in and out of his garage. The result was a tree that stayed in a state of arrested development. I told him that if he ever wanted it to bloom, he would have to let it grow. He did and it finally did, but by that point it was just unmanageable in a container - which is one reason why citrus are grafted!

[@raregrowsNJ]

@@CitrusPalmsWithTom I remember reading a story about a 50 or 60 year old potted grapefruit that never flowered. The owner mentioned pruning it to bring down the height every year so it would fit under their ceiling indoors, explains why it never flowered!

[@tiffanywright2024]

This looks just like my Meyer lemon "bush" we just got this summer. It's putting out flowers right now that look white and purpleish on the outside.

[@CitrusPalmsWithTom]

Yes, the purple tinge is characteristic of lemon.