Ellen. Are you referring to both the Asian and North American Arisaema species? I've had A. sikokianum germinate for me at 70 F (20 C) without any pretreatment at cold temperatures. I've heard, however, that A. triphyllum is difficult to get to germinate. (I haven't tried, though.) Apologies to Rodger Whitlock for continuing the germination thread, but I am not incurious about the factors that trigger seed germination. (Something about meeting Norm Deno at an impressionable age, I guess.) Eugene Zielinski Augusta, GA USA > [Original Message] > From: Ellen Hornig <hornig@earthlink.net> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Date: 2/19/2010 5:02:34 PM > Subject: Re: [pbs] Soaking colchicum seeds > > Right...and at least as applied to arisaema seeds, it's a total myth. > Almost all of them are straightforward cold/warm germinators (or possibly > just warm, but I tend to get them cleaned and sowed in winter, so they get > cold/warm, like it or not, and they like it fine). I do clean the seeds > first, i.e. squeeze them out of the "fruits" and rinse them, but there is no > prolonged soaking. I've long wondered where that particular bit of folk > wisdom originated. > > Ellen > > Ellen Hornig > Seneca Hill Perennials > 3712 County Route 57 > Oswego NY 13126 USA > http://www.senecahillperennials.com/ > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/