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Cardiocrinum cordatum

Heart-leaved Lily · Lily

Family LiliaceaeGenus Cardiocrinum

A pale green flower opened to show a dark maroon throat and speckled petals, with a yellow style at its center
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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
Native range
Japan, Kuril Is., SakhalinGBIF 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; GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Worth knowing

  • The Ainu of Hokkaido call this lily turep. They harvested its bulbs and extracted the starch to make a kind of dumpling, a staple of Ainu cuisine. Wikipedia: Cardiocrinum cordatum

Protocol

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1998

Difficulty High Rated by us, not by the source.

  1. Cold moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 40°F 4°C

  2. Warm moist stratification

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

  3. Cold moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 40°F 4°C

  4. Warm moist stratification

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

  5. Cold moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 40°F 4°C

  6. Warm moist stratification

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

  7. Cold moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 40°F 4°C

  8. Warm moist stratification

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

  9. Cold moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 40°F 4°C

    5/17 germinated in this phase.

  10. Warm moist stratification

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

  11. Cold moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 40°F 4°C

  12. Warm moist stratification

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

  13. Cold moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 40°F 4°C

about 3 years from start to step 13. Germination happens during step 13, in 84 days.

47% germination in 70–84 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1998 · 2nd Supplement, Cardiocrinum p. 22Public domain
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Cardiocrinum (Liliaceae). C. cordatum glehnii germ! only at 40 and in long . extended patterns. The data were 40-70D-40-70D-40-70D-40-70D-40(5/17 in 10-12 w)-70D-40-70D-40(8/17 in 10-12 w). The cotyledon developed on shifting to 70. This long extended germination is similar to that found for
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd Supplement, 2nd Supplement, Cardiocrinum p. 22. 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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