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Cistanthe grandiflora

Doquilla · Hierba del Corrimiento · Mármol · Pata de Guanaco · Renilla

Family MontiaceaeGenus Cistanthe

Also published as Calandrinia grandiflora. You are in the right place.

A magenta flower with a white throat above fleshy red-tinged leaves
FlowerNatalia Reyes EscobarCC BY-SA 4.0

About the plant

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

Habit
perennial or subshrubPlants of the World Online
Flower
MagentaRead from the photograph on this page
Native range
Chile Central, Chile NorthGBIF 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 29, 2027 for a May 3 last frost.

  1. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C

No stated waiting before sowing. Then 7 days to germinate.

100% germination — first up on day 2, then 21% a day.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, CalandriniaPublic domain
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Calandrinia (Portulacaceae) C. grandiflora genii. 70(100%, md. t 2 d, 21%/d) and 40(50% in 3rd m).
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Calandrinia. 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

Difficulty Moderate Rated by us, not by the source.

Start around January 5, 2027 for a May 3 last frost.

  1. Cold moist stratification

    Temperature: 40°F 4°C

    Germinates in the cold, in the 3rd month.

Germination happens during step 1, in 90 days.

50% germination in 90 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, CalandriniaPublic domain
Show the original text
Calandrinia (Portulacaceae) C. grandiflora genii. 70(100%, md. t 2 d, 21%/d) and 40(50% in 3rd m).
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Calandrinia. 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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