It is very strange name for this phenomenon. In my botanical literature I can't find the subject, Google doesn't help and the Wikipedia hasn't a Polish entry for "Recalcitrant seed". But in Polish "recalcitrance of sprouting" means temporary inability of germination. Marek W, Poland -----Oryginalna wiadomość----- From: Jim McKenney Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 2:53 PM Subject: Re: [pbs] Name for seeds that germinate automatically please I'm with Richard on this one: these are seeds which exhibit recalcitrant dormancy, not recalcitrant germination. Jim McKenney _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/