forced germination of calochortus seed
penstemon (Mon, 12 Jan 2015 14:13:31 PST)

I suppose everyone has been doing this for a century or more, but, if not, it looks like the forced germination technique works on calochortus seed, too.
http://s1265.photobucket.com/user/paridevita/…

It’s possible that the embryo is being forced out by hydrostatic pressure, but in that case, the seed can be squeezed and the embryo is forced out even farther, so I think this is actual germination. I squeezed the seed and the embryo stayed put. A second seed has done the same thing today.

Bob Nold
Denver, Colorado, USA
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