Thanks Nhu. I bought most of mine from an Ebay seller in South Africa. They claim their seeds are fresh - but could it be that they are just old? It sounds like my conditions are pretty much what they need. By now, they have been planted for a couple of months - 2-3 months. Time to discard them and try again? Thanks, Jude ______________________________________________ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Do you want to receive my plant newsletters via email? santoury@aol.com The Silent Seed - Rare and Unusual Plants ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Nhu Nguyen <xerantheum@gmail.com> To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Thu, Apr 14, 2011 1:24 pm Subject: Re: [pbs] Ledebouria sp. Jude, Seeds of Ledebouria are ephemeral and will only last about 6 months so you may want to plant them as soon as you can manage in the right season. I plant them underneath about 1/4 inch (1/2cm) of potting mix and with good seeds have had decent luck with germination. I kept the pots indoors where they stayed warm until germination. Nhu Berkeley, CA On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 10:03 AM, The SIlent Seed <santoury@aol.com> wrote: > Do these tend to have low germination rates? I plant them, pretty much on > top of the soil, and keep moist. If somebody knows of a better method, let > me know! > > -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/xerantheum/ _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/