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Daubenya aurea

Crimson Crownlily · Gold Crownlily · Roggeveld Crownlily

Family AsparagaceaeGenus Daubenya

A tight rosette of bright orange-yellow flowers pressed flat between two leaves, in a pot of pale gravel
Flowerhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/rainbirderCC 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
Orange-yellowRead from the photograph on this page
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; Read from the photograph on this page — Deno's Garden; GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Protocol

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1996

Difficulty Moderate 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

about 3 months from start to step 2. Germination happens during step 2, in 12 days.

57% germination in 12 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1996 · 1st Supplement, Daubenya p. 37Public domain
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Daubenya (Hyacinthaceae). D. aurea germ. 70D-40(4/7 on 12th d) and GA-3 had no effect on this pattem.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement, 1st Supplement, Daubenya p. 37. 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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