Hi Jane, On 23/11/2019 23:35, Jane McGary wrote: > Visible embryos appear in the flat seeds of a number of members of the > lily family, whether or not the seed is going to germinate soon. I agree, a visible embryo does not mean germination will be immediate, see the guide to lily germination on the wiki, which describes the complications: https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… What I meant was if you can't see an embryo (given you can see through the seed), germination is definitely not going to happen for some time. My experience was that for many frit. species once the embryo has developed germination will not take much longer, but for some species that is not the case. -- David Pilling http://www.davidpilling.com/ _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…