Chasmanthe floribunda
African Cornflag · African Flag · Aunt Eliza
About the plant
What it is and where it grows — not part of any germination protocol.
- Habit
- tuberous geophytePlants of the World Online
- Habit
- Perennial, Forb/herbPLANTS Database
- Flower
- Bright orange-red, scarlet, yellow, orangeWikipedia
- 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; PLANTS Database — USDA NRCS; Wikipedia — Wikipedia contributors; GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Worth knowing
- In the Western Cape, African flag comes up in autumn after the first winter rains, and sunbirds feed on its nectar at that time of year. It multiplies easily from small corms that form around the parent. Wikipedia: Chasmanthe floribunda
Protocol
DerivedN. C. Deno, 1998Difficulty High
Warm moist stratification
Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 70°F 21°C Light: dark
Cold moist stratification
Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 40°F 4°C
Warm moist stratification
Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 70°F 21°C Light: dark
Steps after step 2 run on after germination.
about 3 months from start to step 2. Germination happens during step 2, in 21 days.
20% germination in 21 days.
How each step is done, in Deno’s words, and what Verified and Derived mean.
Germination trials
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