Lachenalia viridiflora

Robert Lauf via pbs pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net
Sat, 19 Dec 2020 06:14:32 PST
 Uli,
Your pics are spectacular and very helpful to novices like me who want to propagate and hybridize these interesting species.  I'm also excited to know that one can get them from seed to bloom in two years.  That's amazing to me anyway.
I've started seeds of some Lachenalias from SX and from our friend Gastil and most are germinating.  The seeds are in moist promix or in some cases pure perlite in disposable food storage containers.  They spent a few weeks either outside or in a cool south facing bay window, being generally cool and cooler at night.  Then I moved them down into a room where they get some bottom heat, and germination began in a few days.  Some others were in the greenhouse since the previous SX and had done virtually nothing.  They went into the bottom heat and began germinating in earnest.  So I have lots of seedlings of lots of species and it's great to know I'll live long enough to see them bloom (and share in a future BX).
Bob    East Tennessee where it is now getting into the 20s after a very late frost.
   

  
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