B. Grandiflora strange seeds

Randall P. Linke randysgarden@gmail.com
Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:10:13 PDT
On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Giovanni Curci <jonnimay@hotmail.it>wrote:

>
> My question are:
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> Will this seed turn out two plants?
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> Is this an usual Brunsvigia behavior or not?
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> Is it one seeds or they could be two twin seeds?
>
> It is hard to tell from the picture, the second "growth" is very out of
focus.  I've received seeds from S. Africa in which the hypocotyl split
withing the seed and, being in the mail no chloroplasts had formed so what
was an emerging leaf could be mistaken for a root.  The shoot that is
clearest is definitely the root and you can make out where the bulb will
form at its base.

Randy
Monterey Bay Area, California



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