I've been wanting to grow the unusual Australian citrus known as finger limes. They produce thin-skinned, sausage-like citrus fruits that are full of little, juice-filled beads. These are often called citrus caviar or lime caviar.

Outside of Australia, they are proving extremely difficult to find. Does anyone have one of these plants to sell or a source where I might buy one? I would also be interested in cuttings, if a rooted plant is not available, as I have a rootstock available to accept the grafts. Thanks.

eBay always has seeds top tropicals has them some times but can't ship out of fl. Look up caviar citrus too some times they are listed as that
killed my red one this year

Yeah, I saw that. Problem with seeds is getting one to grow true, plus the whole waiting up to a decade to see fruit is not my first choice. Citrus are a tough one to get shipped, due to concern over pathogens and pests. I tried to find a Sicilian Lemon a while back (still trying). I believe Top Tropicals was among the growers that had one, but again, no shipping out of Florida. Thanks, Celt. The search continues.

my mom gave me a plant that she grew out of orange seed. it's growing very well, but haven't seen any flowers yet.

Years ago, I grew a blood orange from seed. After 8 years of waiting for some action, I gave up.

6 for sale on eBay now

Try Stan Mckenzie.  He specializes in cold hardy citrus, which finger limes are not but he has them listed. He is in South Carolina, and I believe he could ship to you. Nice Guy an reasonably priced

http://mckenzie-farms.com/photo.htm

Try Logee's they have  fingerlime. I do believe it is a cross though as the fruit is a little larger than I would expect as are the leaves. I am currently growing this plant and another fingerlime which I cannot recall the source for it. 

Pretty easy to find here but like you said we are quarantined 

Fourwinds Growers has it and it looks like the real deal, not a hybrid

John,

Did you try Mckenzie in SC?  

I got mine from this guy  http://myworld.ebay.com/orchidgrowersoutlet/&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2754

Small plant but cheap.  4 winds was out of them.  I've gotten a lot of stuff from 4 winds and they sell quality plants.

Thanks for the suggestions, guys. I have sent emails and am checking eBay. If I have to go the Australian route, does anyone happen to know of the rules as far as quarantine, fees, etc. to North Carolina?

John,

It would be very difficult to bring it in from Australia. 

Yeah, I suspected as much. Sellers on eBay kind of gloss over that or wash their hands, saying it is up to the buyer to worry about it. Hopefully, someone in the U.S. will be able to sell me one without me having to donate an organ to get it.

I am curious,  have you ever tasted one?  They are awful lol....I would describe the taste as adding citric acid to a glass of water with a good dose diesel fuel.  I have only ever tried two kinds though but it dissuaded me from growing them and I have 15 varieties of citrus in ground currently.

   
If you want a "lime" That is great tasting try a Eustis or Lakeland limequat. Everbearing and the juice is awesome fresh or not.   Now if you want a great tasting citrus that is not widely grown here (though is out west) try to get a Kishu mandarin has golf ball size fruit that are seedless it is a small tree.  You could also try a Dekopon, took me over a year to find that one legally in Florida.  

Nope, never tried it ... yet. It is a curiosity and supposed to be a trendy garnish among the foodie/gourmet crowd. And I like the look of the sprawling, spiny bush.

Currently, I have Meyer Lemon, Key Lime, Kishu Mandarin and a Trifoliate Orange (which used to be a grafted Kumquat before the top died). I like citrus and they seem to do fine here, if I bring them inside over winter. Grapefruit and Blood Orange are on my radar, but the true wishlist ones are Finger Lime and the Sicilian Lemon, particularly the Santa Teresa Feminello variety.

UC Riverside sends out budwood if you order from them, I don't know how their policies are but you can try them, they have different types of Australian limes as well.

I could see it as a garnish it is cool looking. 

From what I have read, it is very popular on sushi and in fancy mixed drinks.

I have one. I bought it on eBay from http://myworld.ebay.com/orchidgrowersoutlet/&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2754.
I almost killed it but right now it's really green. It's a small plant with small leaves. I hope to get fruit next year. Time will tell.

Here's a picture of mine. I bring it in when it gets cold..

Nice plant, Smaritza. How old is it?

Jpeaspanen,
It's a year old for me. I got it last August.

Smaritza,

Is it a seedling or was it grafted?