I've germinated several hypoxis species from the eastern Cape, and my impression (though I can't say I've conducted rigorous tests) is that germination is much improved by subjecting the seeds to a cold period (as you would with many plants from continental climates). This is quite unique among the South African seeds I've grown. Incidentally, 4 of the 5 mature (seed-grown) H. hemerocallidea I set out in the garden in fall 2005 emerged, albeit late, in 2006, and bloomed. I'll be interested to see how hardy it proves to be in the longer run. On a different subject: Roy Herold mentioned that I sometimes have Pinellia cordata 'Yamazaki' to sell. I have plenty available, Ellen Hornig Seneca Hill Perennials Oswego NY USA Zone 5, avg. annual snowfall of 3m/10ft Original Message: ----------------- From: Alberto Grossi crinum@libero.it Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 21:58:02 +0100 To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org Subject: [pbs] Hypoxis hemerocallidea Hi All. I have found in the web the title of an article from 'South African journal of botany', Seed germination of Hypoxis hemerocallidea, by Hammerton. So my question is: is it so difficult to germinate this species to dedicate an article? Has anyone exerience with this or other species? Has anyone the article to scan and send me? Thank you Alberto Italy _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .