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Calydorea amabilis

Family IridaceaeGenus Calydorea

A pale lilac flower of three broad outer petals and three smaller inner ones, its center freckled purple around a yellow crest.
FlowerMartin BohnetCC BY 2.0

About the plant

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

Habit
bulbous geophytePlants of the World Online
Flower
LilacRead from the photograph on this page
Native range
Argentina Northeast, Brazil South, UruguayGBIF 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, 1998

Difficulty Moderate Rated by us, not by the source.

Start around March 1, 2027 for a May 3 last frost.

  1. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C Light: dark

No stated waiting before sowing. Then 35 days to germinate.

33% germination in 35 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1998 · 2nd Supplement, Calydorea p. 21Public domain
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Calydorea (Iridaceae). Except for C. amabilis germ. 70D(1/3 in 5th w) and 70L(0/5). The ungerm. seeds rotted.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd Supplement, 2nd Supplement, Calydorea p. 21. 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, 1998

Difficulty Very high Rated by us, not by the source.

  1. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C Light: light

No stated waiting before sowing.

0% germination.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1998 · 2nd Supplement, Calydorea p. 21Public domain
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Calydorea (Iridaceae). Except for C. amabilis germ. 70D(1/3 in 5th w) and 70L(0/5). The ungerm. seeds rotted.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd Supplement, 2nd Supplement, Calydorea p. 21. 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.

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