Ipomoea pandurata

Dennis Kramb via pbs pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net
Sun, 27 Sep 2026 14:27:30 PDT
about twenty years ago i was collecting lots of seeds of this for PBS BX
but what i didn't know was almost all of the seeds are host to a beetle
larva egg.  unless stored in freezing temps they hatch and eat the seed
from within and emerge as an adult.... very unpleasant surprise to find a
bag full of dead beetles and no viable seeds after a few weeks!

eventually i realized freezing them would stop the larvae from hatching.
and then scarifying the seeds out of the freezer would get them to
germinate before the larvae could harm them.  but honestly I'd be nervous
to ship overseas.  I'm not even sure where to collect them, the wild stands
i knew of are gone.  but I'll have a look around.

Dennis in Cincinnati

On Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 1:06 PM Johannes-Ulrich Urban via pbs <
pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote:

> Hello out there in the US,
>
> Is there anybody who could collect some seeds of Ipomoea pandurata for me?
>
> It might be considered a weed in the country of origin but at this end of
> the world it is very sought after but very difficult to come by. Please
> contact me privately if you can get seeds.
>
> Thank you
>
>
>
> Uli
>
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