Germinating now- - photos of seedlings

[Matt T]

Crocus hyemalis and Romulea bulbocodium var. leitchliniana, both from Oron Peri.
Allium sikkimense.

[Rick R.]

I had taken some more pics of seeds for our Seed Identification Project, and look what I found.... Allium sikkimense already germinating inside a dried pod that had re-moistened.
Honestly, I didn't even think I had any viable seed at all since the capsules didn't look developed at a casual glance.  I only realized it when I went to tidy the plants up and discard the "dead" seed heads.  And when I discovered the seed, I had just thought there was some dried appendage of some time still attached to some of them, but they germinated while still on the mother plant! 

So Matt, can I assume your Allium sikkimense seed was freshly sown?

[Matt T]

So Matt, can I assume your Allium sikkimense seed was freshly sown?

Hi Rick,
What a coincidence! My seed was sown on 3 September and was sourced from Plant World Seeds. I assume it is seed from this year's harvest and as fresh as can be from a commercial source.
Cheers, M

[Maggi Young]

I had taken some more pics of seeds for our Seed Identification Project, and look what I found.... Allium sikkimense already germinating inside a dried pod that had re-moistened.
Honestly, I didn't even think I had any viable seed at all since the capsules didn't look developed at a casual glance.  I only realized it when I went to tidy the plants up and discard the "dead" seed heads.  And when I discovered the seed, I had just thought there was some dried appendage of some time still attached to some of them, but they germinated while still on the mother plant! 

How  intriguing to see the "enthusiasm"  for some seeds to start into growth!

More importantly:
Thanks to Rick for his continued contributions to our Seed Identification Project - this is a valuable resource which can only grow if we make the effort to add to it. I urge more of you to become involved  by posting photos, on graph paper to show scale, of seed for which you are confident of the identification - http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=4426.0

[fermi de Sousa]

Colchicum boissieri seed from Marcus Harvey, sown 21-4-13 and first seedlings 16-9-14,
Lilium humboldtii NARGS Seedex sown 30-6-13, first cotyledon 21-7-14 and first true leaf emerged 29-8-14
cheers
fermi

[François Lambert]

Nerine Krigei seedlings, sown as soon as the seeds dropped on the ground.  Even the first leave already has the typical twisting.

[Matt T]

You go away for a weekend and find lots of germination has been going on in your absence!

Pictured is Narcissus bulbocodium subsp. bulbocodium (syn N.b. genuinis) from Brian Duncan seed supplied by Anne Wright. I also have N. bulbocodium 'lime forms' and N. jeanmonodii germinating, also from BD/AW seed.

Others include my own collected Cyclamen hederifolium germinating in vast numbers and Romulea ramiflora from Oron Peri (OP28246).

I also found that the wind had plucked out a few labels from my seed pots, so now have a few 'no label' pots 

[Mike Ireland]

Townsendia parryi germinated after only 2 weeks, Massonia echinata took about 6 months.

[Maggi Young]

Very satisfying numbers of little plants there, Mike. 

[meanie]

First seedling emerged in the pot of Hexacyrtis dickiana whilst I was away.................

[Maggi Young]

First seedling emerged in the pot of Hexacyrtis dickiana whilst I was away.................

It occurs to me that others may be as ignorant as I about this plant 

A member of the Colchicaceae, it seems to be a monotypic genus, described  by Moritz Kurt Dinter in 1932 : Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis. Centralblatt für Sammlung und Veroffentlichung von Einzeldiagnosen neuer Pflanzen 30: 84, Hexacyrtis dickiana

http://plants.jstor.org/specimen/pre0112839-0?history=true

See here : http://www.ispot.org.za/node/188661  for some photos and more information.

From this site : http://www.maggys-mallorca-pflanzenforum.com/t3485f156-Namib-Lilie-hexacyrtis-dickiana.html it seems that the growth will be looooong and grasslike 

( The i-spot site is an interesting one for S. A. plants   - for example : http://www.ispot.org.za/species_dictionary/Colchicaceae?page=3

[meanie]

It occurs to me that others may be as ignorant as I about this plant 



( The i-spot site is an interesting one for S. A. plants   - for example : http://www.ispot.org.za/species_dictionary/Colchicaceae?page=3

Maggi - you are soooo baaaaad!! My shopping list just got bigger.

I too was totally ignorant of the existence even of Hexacyrtis, but when I stumbled across it whilst checking out a reliable SA seller I had to have it as I have a weakness for this type of flower form (Tricyrtis, Gloriosa etc).
It's always good to move outside of ones comfort zone.

[meanie]

A few months ago I posted a photo of the Musschia germinating. This is typical of the surviving seedlings (eleven in total).................

[Maggi Young]

Growing on well - and for a campanulaceae, it looks a lot like a primulas at this stage, eh? !!

[johnw]

Great to see the Musschia, how exciting.

And here 19 Isoplexis canariensis sown in early August. Should we force them to go dormant soon?

johnw