I've found that the best way to germinate H. reticulatum is to put the dry seed on the surface of moist, unmilled sphagnum moss in a closed container. The seed will gradually swell and become round (like a pea) and will start to produce a root about a month later. At that point it can be moved to a pot. Good luck! Eugene ZielinskiPrescott Valley, ArizonaUSA Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone -------- Original message --------From: Shane Simonsen <shane.simonsen@icloud.com> Date: 5/28/18 1:51 PM (GMT-07:00) To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> Subject: Re: [pbs] Reticulatum seed Thanks for that advice- I was leaning in that direction when I felt how thin the skin on the seed is. Shane > On 29 May 2018, at 4:23 am, Johannes-Ulrich Urban <johannes-ulrich-urban@t-online.de> wrote: > > Hello Shane, > > For sure do NOT give them a hot water treatment! I remember a failure to germinate these seeds and Mauro Peixoto from Brazil Plants told me that they need a prophylactic treatment with fungicide. Mine had succumbed to mildew. > Personally I would not germinate these in water (I do that with excellent results with the flat seeded species that float on the water ) but sow in something like sand, pumice, fine graded lava, perlite or vermiculite. And better not keep them in an enclosed humid condition which would encourage fungal infection. > > Good luck! > > Uli > > Von meinem iPad gesendet > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…