Dear All,

Having sown seed of a particularly large form of F. imperialis several
times without success I wonder how your experience is with this plant.
I have tried several different ways: sowing fresh seed immediately
after ripening, sowing dried seed in autumn, keeping the seedpot
either in the garden or greenhouse during winter. The mother bulb is
about to flower but again not a single seed has germinated. I opened
some fresh seeds before sowing, they were all thick, fleshy and white
inside, not empty shells.
Where is my mistake? Is it perhaps a sterile clone? Do they need a
special treatment to break a prolonged dormancy? The seeds now feel
empty and dead to the touch.
Any advice is appreciated.

Bye for today

Uli