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Caiophora lateritia

Brick-red Caiophora · Chile Nettle · Red-flowered Loasa

Family LoasaceaeGenus Caiophora

Also published as Cajophora laterita. You are in the right place.

Pale orange-yellow flowers nodding among rough green leaves
FlowerUser:BotBlnCC BY-SA 3.0

About the plant

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

Habit
climbing shrubPlants of the World Online
Flower
Orange-yellowRead from the photograph on this page
Native range
Argentina Northwest, BoliviaGBIF 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.

This source reports two treatments. Both are shown.

Protocol 1

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993

Difficulty Low Rated by us, not by the source.

Start around March 24, 2027 for a May 3 last frost.

  1. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C Light: either

No stated waiting before sowing. Then 12 days to germinate.

50% germination in 12 days.

Neither light nor GA-3 changed the result.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, CajophoraPublic domain
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Cajophora (Loasaceae). C.laterita germ. 70D(50% on 12th d) and 40-70D(none). Light and GA-3 had no effect.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Cajophora. 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.

Protocol 2

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993

  1. Cold moist stratification

    Temperature: 40°F 4°C

  2. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C Light: dark

    None germinated.

0% germination.

This source doesn't state how long step 1 lasts.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, CajophoraPublic domain
Show the original text
Cajophora (Loasaceae). C.laterita germ. 70D(50% on 12th d) and 40-70D(none). Light and GA-3 had no effect.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Cajophora. Quoted exactly. Every value on this card comes from this record; 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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