Germinating Tigridia in Peru

norton cuba melly nortonc26@hotmail.com
Wed, 22 Feb 2017 18:23:09 PST
Hello everyone,

I have seeds from a Tigridia species that grows in Lima Peru. , that has been classified as Tigridia pavonia. However, I' ve seen pictures of Tigridia pavonia, originally from Mexico, and believe there are morphological differences.

So I will call it Tigridia sp. Lima. It has only been reported to grow in "lomas" of Lima, an ecosystem characteristic for being dry for 6 months (summer), and wet & covered by vegetation the other 6 (winter). The leaves start growing in June, the flowers appear from August to October, and seeds can be collected from October to November. Pollinators include flies and Pesis wasps also called Tarantula Hawk.


I sowed the seeds  in premix soil about a month ago, but havent seen anything happen. It is summer in Peru. Is it maybe not the right time of year to put the seeds to germinate?

Any other advice for succesfull growth.?


You can see the pictures of Tigridia sp. Lima following this link:

http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…

or

https://goo.gl/NYjBlT/


Best regards

Norton




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