>I have never found the embryo exposed by removal of the aril, except with rotten seeds. I have cut hundreds of seeds, and as pictured in my pictures on the thread on the Scottish Rock, the hillum end of the seed needs to be cut for forced germination, as I was taught it, to work. Oh great. So I did this backwards. It wouldn’t be the first time. The seeds still do germinate, though. But, yes, if the aril is removed, the embryo is quite visible. I did find some rotten seeds in the bunch; brown, obviously-dead embryos. Bob Nold Denver, Colorado _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/