Streptopus

Mark Mazer markemazer@gmail.com
Sun, 01 Apr 2018 10:37:07 PDT
Double dormancy... warm, cold, warm, cold, then germination.

Mark Mazer
Hertford, NC

On Sun, Apr 1, 2018 at 1:28 PM, Linda Foulis <lmf@beautifulblooms.ab.ca>
wrote:

> Hello,
> Can anyone provide tips on getting Streptopus amplexifolius to germinate?
> It grows wild here and I've found areas with fairly large populations.  I
> can collect seed, and lots of it, but I've yet to be able to germinate it.
> Methods I've tried are - pot in a cold frame, direct in a marked protected
> spot in the garden (several spots), in the fridge and then in my plant
> room.  Also have tried with whole berries, and with cleaned seed.  This is
> over a 3 year period.
> The berries do persist into fall so I've not been able to determine if
> they are eaten by anything and spread that way?  Do they require digestion
> acids to germinate?
>
> Linda M Foulis
>
> Leslieville, Alberta, Canada
> Zone 2-3
>
> Trying to find the bright side of all this snow is becoming difficult.
> Last year this time I was photographing beaked hazelnut flowers.  Crocus
> are under 2' of snow right now.
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