> Dear All, > > Having sown seed of a particularly large form of F. imperialis several > times without success I wonder how your experience is with this plant. > I have tried several different ways: sowing fresh seed immediately > after ripening, sowing dried seed in autumn, keeping the seedpot > either in the garden or greenhouse during winter. The mother bulb is > about to flower but again not a single seed has germinated. I opened > some fresh seeds before sowing, they were all thick, fleshy and white > inside, not empty shells. > Where is my mistake? Is it perhaps a sterile clone? Do they need a > special treatment to break a prolonged dormancy? The seeds now feel > empty and dead to the touch. > Any advice is appreciated. > > Bye for today > > Uli >