Germination & Bulbs, Stenomesson from seed

Shaun Douglas sd142@iprimus.com.au
Sun, 12 Feb 2017 16:32:26 PST
Norton, thank you 
I have stenomesson miniature and Clinanthus varigatus 
And am looking for others 

Dell, I have mine in a 6" deep squat pot and seem to love it there multiples well 

iPhone 6
Shaund

> On 13 Feb 2017, at 11:14 am, ds429 <ds429@frontier.com> wrote:
> 
> I grew some stenomessons (I think some are now clinanthus) some years ago, and I found that deep pots and very free drainage are necessary.
> 
> Dell
> --------------------------------------------
> On Sun, 2/12/17, norton cuba melly <nortonc26@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Subject: Re: [pbs] Germination & Bulbs, Stenomesson from seed
> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: Sunday, February 12, 2017, 6:48 PM
> 
> Shaund,
> 
> All the seeds I have from
> plants come directly from the source, I´ve studied the
> phenology of most of plants from lomas ecosystem, so I know
> when they flower and when to collect seeds, I have to be
> very accurate because this plants only flower once a year.
> In case of Stenomesson flavum, its a 4 hour walk up the hill
> in the summer, between December and March in Lima.
> 
> 
> Norton
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From:
> pbs <pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org>
> on behalf of Shaun Douglas <sd142@iprimus.com.au>
> Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2017 2:06 PM
> To: Pacific Bulb Society
> Subject: Re: [pbs] Germination & Bulbs,
> Stenomesson from seed
> 
> Norton, could I ask where you bought the seed
> of Stenomesson????
> 
> iPhone
> 6
> Shaund
> 
> 
>> On 12 February 2017 at
> 04:50, norton cuba melly <nortonc26@hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello everyone, my name is Norton.
> I´m a student of Environmental
>>> 
> Engineering in Lima - Peru, new to Pacific Bulbs Society.
> I'm currently
>>> germinating
> native plants from an ecosystem called "lomas".
> Most of those
>>> species are likely to
> disappear from anthorpogenic activities, growing
>>> population, the lack of political will
> to preserve them  and lack of
>>> 
> knowledge of the people that live in big cities.  I´ll be
> posting a mail by
>>> species, to not
> overwhelm you with information, I will be very thankful
> for
>>> any information I can get from
> you. I will be also posting pictures on PBS
>>> wiki.
>>> 
>>> Additional lnformation: About the
> ecosystem "lomas" : It goes along the
>>> coast of Peru to the north of Chile.,
> located in the desert, so it´s dry in
>>> the summer, almost no vegetation,
> maybe cactus and trees, and in the winter
>>> it goes up to 80- 100% of humidity in
> the air from the fog we get from
>>> 
> Humboldt´s current and the South Pacific High, the ground
> is cover by all
>>> types of herbs
> & shrubs, and the sky is very cloudy almost every day,
> so
>>> plants get about 5 months of
> water from June to October. The ecosystem only
>>> goes from 100 to 1000 m.a.s.l.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I want to ask about the genus
> Stenomesson , so I´ve germinated 2 species ,
>>> Stenomesson flavum and the other one I
> have yet to identify, with 100%
>>> 
> germination rate, the seeds are black & flat, like in
> Zephyranthes or
>>> Hippeastrum. They
> flower in the summer when dry and the leaves come out in
>>> winter when the ground is wet. To
> germinate, I float them for 24h and then
>>> sow in a 4 inch pot with premix, that
> I cover with transparent plastic to
>>> 
> keep humidity, normally they start growing the root after 3
> days. They only
>>> grow one long
> leave, that gets wider when older. The light they get is
> from
>>> a window sill, so I complement
> with CFL light bulbs, a mix of warm and cool
>>> bulbs, since in Peru there are no
> light bulbs for plant growth
>>> I had
> 2 issues:
>>> Roots are long so they go
> against the bottom of the pot and i have kept
>>> them wet for 5 months and the bulbs
> have only grown the size of a pinky
>>> 
> nail. . Is there any advice I can get to grow them better?
> Deeper pots,
>>> organic fertilizers
> ??
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Ps: This work is mainly to guarantee
> the conservation of native species.
>>> 
> Im not interested in exchanging seeds or bulbs. What I will
> exchange is
>>> knowledge and
> pictures.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Best
> regards
>>> 
>>> 
> Norton
>>> 
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