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Eucomis pallidiflora

Giant Pineapple Lily

Family AsparagaceaeGenus Eucomis

Thick spikes of greenish-cream star flowers, each topped by a tuft of leafy bracts, among strap leaves
FlowerAgnieszka Kwiecień, NovaCC BY-SA 4.0

About the plant

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

Habit
bulbous geophytePlants of the World Online
Flower
White, greenish yellow, greenWikipedia
Native range
Cape Provinces, Eswatini, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Northern 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; Wikipedia — Wikipedia contributors; GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Worth knowing

  • The giant pineapple lily: its flower spike is topped by a head of green, leaf-like bracts, and some forms reach almost 2 m in flower. Wikipedia: Eucomis pallidiflora

Protocol

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1998

Difficulty Low Rated by us, not by the source.

  1. Dry storage

    Duration: 365 daysTemperature: 70°F 21°C

  2. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C Light: dark

about 12 months from start to sowing. Then 28 days to germinate.

100% germination in 28 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1998 · 2nd Supplement, Eucomis p. 33Public domain
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Eucomis (Liliaceae). E. pole-evansii DS 1 y or 2 y germ. 70D(7/7 in 4th w).
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd Supplement, 2nd Supplement, Eucomis p. 33. 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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