Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
General Subjects => Plants Wanted Or For Exchange => Topic started by: WimB on December 23, 2013, 09:26:38 PM
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I'm looking for a plant (or some seeds) of Chimaphila maculata. Anyone an idea where I might be able to get that?
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I bought some seeds from Gardensnorth some years ago but no germination... they seemed hard to sow ::)
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I recently bought some seeds on ebay from a seller who carries both c. maculata and umbellata but I didn't get these because I too found their sowing requirements difficult!There's another who sells plants on ebay us right now...
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Thanks you guys, should have thought about Kristl! Seems they need a certain fungus to germinate....might try them on a soil of composted fir needles!
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This plant is common in the woods around my home. If you keep your watchful eye on me, and remind me during the summer, I should be able to collect seed. I don't know when the seed ripens and sheds, as I have never collected it, but I do see lots of plants with seed pods.
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This plant is common in the woods around my home. If you keep your watchful eye on me, and remind me during the summer, I should be able to collect seed. I don't know when the seed ripens and sheds, as I have never collected it, but I do see lots of plants with seed pods.
LOL, thanks Mark....I'll keep my "I" on you ;)
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some years ago i got some Chimaphila maculata plants from barry glick/sunshine farm (http://www.sunfarm.com/index.phtml). but he doesn't send to europe. you must have a person in usa which can receipt the plants + send them to you. if you try to sow i recommend to sow directly into the soil of a wood with acid soil as i agree, that this plant needs special fungi to germinate which only occur in natural habitats (maybe obligate biotroph fungi which live in symbiosis with trees or plants of ericaceae family, don't know).
only one plant remained + after flowering it grew backwards (i used soil from pine wood). i replanted it in a soil of peat/sand-mix where my Shortia + Polygala paucifolia grow well + it seems it will recover (made a new leaf). i believe the reason for growing backwards was the increasing ph-level in the soil. rain increases the ph-level to about 5,5-6. i water the soil where my Shortia + Polygala paucifolia grow well with rainwater plus some acid (e.g. a bit of vinegar or sulfuric acid) with a ph of ~3,5-4, especially after raining.
here a foto of my plant, when it was in best condition. don't remember, i guess the second year after planting:
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........... here a foto of my plant, when it was in best condition. don't remember, i guess the second year after planting:
Perfect picture of this exquisite plant! And interesting experience of the conditions it does/does not like.
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wonderful little plant Greenspan !
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Interesting, thanks for the very usefull info!