Germination & Bulbs, Stenomesson from seed

Erik Van Lennep erik@tepuidesign.com
Sun, 12 Feb 2017 00:42:20 PST
Hi Norton,

Welcome to the group. Thanks so much for sharing what you learn with us.
I'm looking forward to reading your updates. Meanwhile, I am sure some of
the group members will have some Stenomesson growing experience to share.

Erik

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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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