Scadoxus Seed Viability
Nan Sterman (Tue, 20 Sep 2011 08:27:42 PDT)
Those "pods" are really fruits that turn bright red and soften at the point seeds are ripe.
I doubt your will ripen, but who knows! Give it a try. Worst thing is that they don't work... Or that you go back in a few weeks in search of ripe seed.
Love to see photos of those plants. The sound enormous!
On Sep 20, 2011, at 1:43 AM, Roy Herold wrote:
I just collected some Scadoxus seeds, probably puniceus, this morning in
South Africa. They were in the coastal woods near Durban, and look to
have finished blooming about a month ago. These are huge, vigorous
plants, with flowers over 150mm in diameter
The pods are bright green and about 8-10mm in diameter. Is there any
hope these seeds are mature enough to be viable? If so, they will go to
Dell once I get back home.
We also saw some beautiful Scadoxus in full bloom in burned areas in the
Natal Midlands yesterday at 1200m. Probably more puniceus. There were
blooming Boophone disticha and Cyrtanthus tuckii in the same area.
Sorry to be so clueless about the scadoxus--all new to me...
--Roy
La Lucia, South Africa this morning, Cape Town this afternoon, and NW of
Boston on Thursday.
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