Shaund, All the seeds I have from plants come directly from the source, I´ve studied the phenology of most of plants from lomas ecosystem, so I know when they flower and when to collect seeds, I have to be very accurate because this plants only flower once a year. In case of Stenomesson flavum, its a 4 hour walk up the hill in the summer, between December and March in Lima. Norton ________________________________ From: pbs <pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org> on behalf of Shaun Douglas <sd142@iprimus.com.au> Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2017 2:06 PM To: Pacific Bulb Society Subject: Re: [pbs] Germination & Bulbs, Stenomesson from seed Norton, could I ask where you bought the seed of Stenomesson???? iPhone 6 Shaund > On 12 February 2017 at 04:50, norton cuba melly <nortonc26@hotmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hello everyone, my name is Norton. I´m a student of Environmental >> Engineering in Lima - Peru, new to Pacific Bulbs Society. I'm currently >> germinating native plants from an ecosystem called "lomas". Most of those >> species are likely to disappear from anthorpogenic activities, growing >> population, the lack of political will to preserve them and lack of >> knowledge of the people that live in big cities. I´ll be posting a mail by >> species, to not overwhelm you with information, I will be very thankful for >> any information I can get from you. I will be also posting pictures on PBS >> wiki. >> >> Additional lnformation: About the ecosystem "lomas" : It goes along the >> coast of Peru to the north of Chile., located in the desert, so it´s dry in >> the summer, almost no vegetation, maybe cactus and trees, and in the winter >> it goes up to 80- 100% of humidity in the air from the fog we get from >> Humboldt´s current and the South Pacific High, the ground is cover by all >> types of herbs & shrubs, and the sky is very cloudy almost every day, so >> plants get about 5 months of water from June to October. The ecosystem only >> goes from 100 to 1000 m.a.s.l. >> >> >> I want to ask about the genus Stenomesson , so I´ve germinated 2 species , >> Stenomesson flavum and the other one I have yet to identify, with 100% >> germination rate, the seeds are black & flat, like in Zephyranthes or >> Hippeastrum. They flower in the summer when dry and the leaves come out in >> winter when the ground is wet. To germinate, I float them for 24h and then >> sow in a 4 inch pot with premix, that I cover with transparent plastic to >> keep humidity, normally they start growing the root after 3 days. They only >> grow one long leave, that gets wider when older. The light they get is from >> a window sill, so I complement with CFL light bulbs, a mix of warm and cool >> bulbs, since in Peru there are no light bulbs for plant growth >> I had 2 issues: >> Roots are long so they go against the bottom of the pot and i have kept >> them wet for 5 months and the bulbs have only grown the size of a pinky >> nail. . Is there any advice I can get to grow them better? Deeper pots, >> organic fertilizers ?? >> >> >> Ps: This work is mainly to guarantee the conservation of native species. >> Im not interested in exchanging seeds or bulbs. What I will exchange is >> knowledge and pictures. >> >> >> Best regards >> >> Norton >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >> <http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/>