Germinating now- - photos of seedlings

[fermi de Sousa]

How did you sow these seeds of Iris zanaidae Fermi?
mine did not give anything ...I had to keep the pot too wet

Hi Véronique,
my standard way of sowing such seed is to prepare a pot of gritty potting mix; sow the seeds on top and cover with 1/4 inch of grit/coarse sand; water and leave outdoors over winter; keep watered during spring; if no germination by the end of spring I discontinue watering and store the seed trays under cover till autumn then allow rain to reach the pots. These started to germinate the second winter after sowing,
cheers
fermi

[meanie]

Don't laugh but I'm rather pleased with my Lilium formosanum var.pricei seeds.............






Exotic plants I find easy but cool germinating plants have always been a source of embarrassment to me.  Having failed with Lilium species so many times I did my research and got confused by the different advice so I went my own way again. This time I put some fine vermiculite in a plastic container and moistened it, dropped the seeds in, put the lid on and gave it a shake before shoving it in the fridge............


That was three weeks ago and they're germinating. Now I have two questions;
1] What do I do now!

and

2] How should I store the remainder of the seed until january/February? As it's dry I was thinking of putting it in the fridge as well.

[Gabriela]

Hi Meanie,

I am not laughing - it happened to me as well. I knew it was a warm germinator but didn't expect it to go that fast. The seedlings are also very fast growers, so about the germinated seeds  - you can transplant some in pots if you can provide light for them in the winter.
If not, better discard them since you have more seeds.

The seeds - it doesn't really matter where you keep them until February (for longer term I would say in the fridge). Easier to sow them directly in pots. You can expect few flowers in the first year! (if not in the second for sure).
An absolutely beautiful and rewarding Lilium.

[meanie]

Hi Meanie,

I am not laughing - it happened to me as well. I knew it was a warm germinator but didn't expect it to go that fast. The seedlings are also very fast growers, so about the germinated seeds  - you can transplant some in pots if you can provide light for them in the winter.
If not, better discard them since you have more seeds.

The seeds - it doesn't really matter where you keep them until February (for longer term I would say in the fridge). Easier to sow them directly in pots. You can expect few flowers in the first year! (if not in the second for sure).
An absolutely beautiful and rewarding Lilium.
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Thanks for not laughing!
What threw me is that they started germinating in the fridge.
For the time being I'll pot about ten up and keep them in the enclosed porch to see what happens.

Thanks for the advice.

[Gabriela]

Thanks for not laughing!
What threw me is that they started germinating in the fridge.
For the time being I'll pot about ten up and keep them in the enclosed porch to see what happens.
Thanks for the advice.

That's even better meanie, it means they germinate no matter what you do to them
You'll have many cute liliums in no time. I only had one pot of seedlings and was enough to share it with 2 friends

[Véronique Macrelle]

thanks Fermi,  give you a dry period in summer to all your seedings not sprouted?

Lilium formosanum is really interesting to sow!
some of my germinated seeds in winter have grown up behind a sunny window in the house in late 2015 and this is what I got this year.

it is good to sow also easy species and to have something to watch rather than empty pots ...(I use a translator, and I hope that what I write is understandable ...)

on the other hand, after a year of growth (outside), they did not want to put themselves in vegetative pose, and as they were too tight, I still wanted to divide them in the spring, and I lost some a lot, in fact all those that I transplanted. So do not sow them too tightly.
 but I can do it again because I once again have beautiful pods that ripen ...

[fermi de Sousa]

thanks Fermi,  give you a dry period in summer to all your seedings not sprouted?

Hi Véronique,
No, just the winter-spring growing bulbs which would usually only germinate in autumn/winter,
cheers
fermi

[fermi de Sousa]

This tiny seedling has come up in pot labelled "Gentiana georgei" from AGS seedex 2016.
Does it look true?
And what do I do with it now  as we head into summer?
cheers
fermi

[Maggi Young]

This tiny seedling has come up in pot labelled "Gentiana georgei" from AGS seedex 2016.
Does it look true?
And what do I do with it now  as we head into summer?
cheers
fermi

Looks like a hairy little thing - so doubt it is true.

[fermi de Sousa]

Thanks, Maggi,
Given the time since the seed was sown anything could've seeded itself there
I'll keep it watered through summer and see what it does.
cheers
fermi

[James Cheshire]

Gametophytes and sporophytes of Equisetum hyemale. These were sown on 1 July 2017. The pictures were taken on 3 August, 2 September and 8 September, respectively.

[Véronique Macrelle]

Interestingly, I had never seen any gametophytes of equisetum!



Clematis terniflora (if it's good here, next to it are viola) sown in May
Clematis hexapetala
Arum pictum, (1 of 5 seeds sown late January)

[James Cheshire]

Panax ginseng.

[fermi de Sousa]

Sown 18-11-2017 from SRGC Seedex 2015:
1) Trifolium macrocephalum
2) Asperula gussonei
3) Townsendia incana
4) Petunia axillaris
5) Viola arborescens
cheers
fermi

[fermi de Sousa]

Another mystery!
From the same batch of seed (SRGC Seedex 2015) I sowed Anagallis monellii but got 2 types of seedlings!
I think the smaller leafed taller ones are the pimpernell, but what are the lower growing ones?
Any suggestions?
cheers
fermi