Sternbergia lutea
Jane McGary via pbs (Fri, 21 Aug 2020 15:20:39 PDT)

My Sternbergias sometimes set seed. I advise sowing the seed as soon as
the capsules open, since this is what would happen in nature. I've grown
most of the species I have from wild-collected seed, but the several
forms of S. lutea here were originally commercial bulbs. They include
the usual S. lutea, one called 'Dodona  Gold', one grown as S. cilicica
but I can't tell the difference (in nature, the one identified by a
group leader as that seemed to grow on slightly different terrain), and
a half-size form of S. lutea grown from seeds collected in Crete.
Growing most Sternbergia spp. from seed is not problematic (though
requires patience), but I've never managed to keep S. colchiciflora past
one flowering.

Jane McGary, Portland, Oregon, USA

On 8/21/2020 1:00 PM, ds429 via pbs wrote:

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