Germinating now- - photos of seedlings

[Gabriela]

I kept a small sample of Symplocarpus seeds to check on germination – found them like this on Tuesday. They must have started to germinate in somewhere in late May.

[Lesley Cox]

They look crunchable.

[Hoy]

I kept a small sample of Symplocarpus seeds to check on germination – found them like this on Tuesday. They must have started to germinate in somewhere in late May.

Gabriela, what do you do with all those geminating seeds

[Gabriela]

They look crunchable.

 Yes Lesley, crunchy on the outside and juicy on the inside They have a large, white & moist endosperm (I also sliced a few in half but I won't show here my seed 'abuse').

[Gabriela]

Gabriela, what do you do with all those geminating seeds

Regarding Symplocarpus Trond, I only have 8 seedlings and they already have a place where to grow big and healthy
In general, species that require moist storage I only collect in slightly larger quantities only if someone pre-orders, so it's not that much left. Of course, it happens that seeds germinate and then I keep some for my garden since I have more space now, some are shared with friends and/or donated to Ontario Rock garden society plant sales.

[fermi de Sousa]

Erysimum allionii from Kristl at Gardens North; sown 29-05-2016 and first germinations - 14 of the 12 seeds sown! Amazing
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[fermi de Sousa]

Calochortus obispoensis from SRGC Seedex 2015 sown 21-05-2016 and first germinations found today
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[fermi de Sousa]

It pays to check old seed-pots regularly; this Alstroemeria pulchra ssp pulchra was sown in 2013.
It appears a bit etiolated as it was under cover until I found it last week!
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[t00lie]

Scilla peruviana alba sown back in April 2016 are up ...

Various Fritillaria seed sown 'out of time' back in Jan and Feb 2016 continue to germinate . As expected a small number of seeds in each pot have rotted because of the early sowing however I'm more than happy with the current success from F. agrestis , F. michalovskyi  , F. monantha and F. stenanthera .......

As well as F. gussichiae which are a bit further advanced ,with some cotyledons showing , than F. tubiformis which is forming a radicle. 

Cheers Dave.

[johnralphcarpenter]

Pinus longaeva , the Great Basin Bristlecone Pine ,  is a long-living species of tree found in the higher mountains of the southwest United States . The species is one of three closely related trees known as bristlecone pines and is sometimes known as the Intermountain or Western bristlecone pine .  One member of this species, known as Methuselah , is thought to be the oldest living non-clonal organism on Earth .

[Gabriela]

Pinus longaeva , the Great Basin Bristlecone Pine ,  is a long-living species of tree found in the higher mountains of the southwest United States . The species is one of three closely related trees known as bristlecone pines and is sometimes known as the Intermountain or Western bristlecone pine .  One member of this species, known as Methuselah , is thought to be the oldest living non-clonal organism on Earth .

Interesting pine, I google about it - a good name for it.
Something with extremely long lived seeds this time - Nelumbo lutea, the American lotus. I suppose I should plant them in a pot with muddy mixture now? I never grown a lotus before.

[David Nicholson]

Pinus longaeva , the Great Basin Bristlecone Pine ,  is a long-living species of tree found in the higher mountains of the southwest United States . The species is one of three closely related trees known as bristlecone pines and is sometimes known as the Intermountain or Western bristlecone pine .  One member of this species, known as Methuselah , is thought to be the oldest living non-clonal organism on Earth .

Be interesting to see what it looks like in 30 years time Ralph?

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Be interesting to see what it looks like in 30 years time Ralph?

Or 300!
 
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[Gabriela]

I put order today in all my sowings and found the first Castilleja coccinea seedlings. I don't know why so late, weird season. The grass seedlings belong to Schizachyrium; they were sown together in the same pot.

[fermi de Sousa]

A few more germinations of SRGC 2015 Seedex seeds sown on 21-05-2016:
Bellevalia hyacinthoides
Babiana tubulosa
Moraea lurida

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