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Albuca aurea

Golden Tamarak

Family AsparagaceaeGenus Albuca

A half-open yellow-green flower, the outer segments spreading while the inner ones stay closed around the stamens
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About the plant

What it is and where it grows — not part of any germination protocol.

Habit
bulbous geophytePlants of the World Online
Flower
Yellow-greenRead from the photograph on this page
Native range
Cape ProvincesGBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Toxicity is noted only where a source states it. No note here is not a finding of safety.

Sources: Plants of the World Online — Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Read from the photograph on this page — Deno's Garden; GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Protocol

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1998

Difficulty Moderate Rated by us, not by the source.

  1. Cold moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 40°F 4°C

    1/5 germinated in this phase.

  2. Warm moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 70°F 21°C Light: dark

about 3 months from start to step 2. Germination happens during step 2, in 5 days.

80% germination in 5 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1998 · 2nd Supplement, Albuca p. 11Public domain
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Albuca (Liliaceae). The four species studied germ. in either 70D or 70L. Germination at 40 was more varied. A. aurea germ.. 100% in 5-7 d in either 70D or 70L and 40(1/5 in 7th w)-70D(4/5 on 5th d).
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd Supplement, 2nd Supplement, Albuca p. 11. Quoted exactly. Every value on this card comes from this record, except the difficulty rating, which is ours; the step names come from a fixed list.

How each step is done, in Deno’s words, and what Verified and Derived mean.

Germination trials

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