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Echeandia flavescens

Amberlily · Torrey's Craglily

Family AsparagaceaeGenus Echeandia

A yellow star-shaped flower of six narrow ribbed petals with stamens held forward from the center
FlowerDick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., CanadaCC BY 2.0

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
Golden-yellowWikipedia
Native range
Arizona, Colombia, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest 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; PLANTS Database — USDA NRCS; Wikipedia — Wikipedia contributors; GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

This source reports two treatments. Both are shown.

Protocol 1

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993

Difficulty High Rated by us, not by the source.

Start around March 15, 2027 for a May 3 last frost.

  1. Gibberellic acid soak

  2. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C Light: dark

No stated waiting before sowing. Then 21 days to germinate.

26% germination in 21 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, Anthericum p. 97Public domain
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Anthericum (Liliaceae). The very low germinations are a puzzle, particularly because both A. torreyi germ. 70D(12% in 2nd w), 70D GA-3(26% in 3rd w), and 40(none).
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Anthericum p. 97. 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 High Rated by us, not by the source.

Start around March 22, 2027 for a May 3 last frost.

  1. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C Light: dark

No stated waiting before sowing. Then 14 days to germinate.

12% germination in 14 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, Anthericum p. 97Public domain
Show the original text
Anthericum (Liliaceae). The very low germinations are a puzzle, particularly because both A. torreyi germ. 70D(12% in 2nd w), 70D GA-3(26% in 3rd w), and 40(none).
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Anthericum p. 97. 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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