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Clematicissus striata

Miniature Grape Ivy

Family VitaceaeGenus Clematicissus

Sprays of tiny green-pink buds and open flowers with pale yellow anthers, on thin branching stalks against a dark background.
FlowerAndrés GonzálezCC BY-SA 4.0

About the plant

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

Habit
climberPlants of the World Online
Native range
Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil West-Central and elsewhereGBIF 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

  • This climber of the grape family grows from south-central Chile to Argentina, Brazil and Bolivia. Its woody stem turns reddish with age, and each leaf is made of five leaflets spread like a hand. Wikipedia: Clematicissus striata

Protocol

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1998

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

  1. Warm moist stratification

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

  2. Cold moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 40°F 4°C

  3. Warm moist stratification

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

about 6 months from start to step 3. Germination happens during step 3, in 14 days.

5% germination in 14 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1998 · 2nd Supplement, Cissus p. 24Public domain
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Cissus (Vitaceae). C. striata germ. 70D-40-70D(1/20 in 2nd w, 11/20 rotted). The seeds in 70L and 40 all rotted and this coupied with those rotting in 70D suggests that the seeds had largely died before receiving them.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd Supplement, 2nd Supplement, Cissus p. 24. 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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