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Lachenalia bulbifera

Red Viooltjie · Red Lachenalia

Family AsparagaceaeGenus Lachenalia

Spikes of coral-red tubular flowers standing above broad leaves spotted with dark green
FlowerAndrew massynCC BY-SA 3.0

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, redWikipedia
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; Wikipedia — Wikipedia contributors; GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Worth knowing

  • Bulbifera means "bulb-bearing", because this Cape lachenalia produces small bulbs that can be separated from the parent. It carries hanging orange or red tubular flowers in winter and spring. Wikipedia: Lachenalia bulbifera

Protocol

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1998

Difficulty Low Rated by us, not by the source.

  1. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C Light: dark

No stated waiting before sowing. Then 49 days to germinate.

90% germination in 7–49 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1998 · 2nd Supplement, Lachenalia p. 42Public domain
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Lachenalia (Liliaceae). Data is much more complete than given in the Suppl., and now 22 species have been studied. In 17 of these light blocked , ' germination dramatically, and when the sample was shifted from 70L to 70D, germination commenced as if the period in 70L had not occurred. • L. bulbifera germ. 70D(90% in 1-7 w) and 70L(none). When the sample in 70L was shifted to 70D after 4 w, 90% germ. in 1-5 w. These results were cónfirmed with a second sample.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd Supplement, 2nd Supplement, Lachenalia p. 42. 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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