What's germinating now?

Jane McGary janemcgary@earthlink.net
Fri, 27 Feb 2015 09:40:09 PST
I won't append a list of the 200+ germinated pots in my seed shed, 
but one that has me amazed and at the same time depressed is Lloydia 
flavonutans, the seed a kind gift of PBS member Keshab Pradhan. 
Amazed because I have never had a Lloydia germinate before, and 
depressed because I doubt that I can grow it to flowering, given that 
it comes from around 4000 metres in the Himalaya. I did grow Lloydia 
serotina (from Alaska; it is circumboreal) for a few years at my 
former home but eventually lost it. If these seedlings survive their 
first year, I will overwinter them in a container in the refrigerator.

Also I note some Alstroemeria species up in the past few days, 
including some from old seed bank seeds (I hope one "sp." may be A. 
spathulata, given its collection site), and the other day I saw a 
seedling of Alstroemeria pulchra growing in the gravel central path 
of the bulb house, from a seed dropped by a containerized plant now 
frozen to death. I was also relieved to see an A. hookeri seedling 
carrying on after I lost the parent in the previous winter, which was 
unusually cold. This winter is unusually warm here.

Jane McGary
Portland, Oregon, USA







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