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Lachenalia elegans

Elegant Viooltjie

Family AsparagaceaeGenus Lachenalia

Tall pink stems carrying yellow-green tubular flowers tipped pink, in pots against a brick wall
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About the plant

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

Habit
bulbous geophytePlants of the World Online
Flower
Yellow-green, pinkRead 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.

This source reports two treatments. Both are shown.

Protocol 1

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1998

Difficulty Moderate Rated by us, not by the source.

Start around January 18, 2027 for a May 3 last frost.

  1. Warm moist stratification

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

  2. Cold moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 40°F 4°C

    5/14 germinated in this phase.

Steps after step 1 run on after germination.

Germination happens during step 1, in 77 days.

43% germination in 35–77 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. elegans germ. 70D(1/8 in 11th w)-40{6/8 in 3-5 w) and 70L(none). When the sample in 70L was shifted to 70D after 8 w, 1/7 germ. in 5th w. It was then shifted to 40 after 12 w whereupon 6/7 germ. in 2-5 w. - - L. fistulösa germ. 70D(6/14 in 5-11 w)-40(5/14 in 3rd w) and 70L(none). When the sample in 70L was shifted to 70D after 8 w, 4/6 germ. in 2-5 w. It was then shifted to 40 after 12 w whereupon 2/6 germ. in 2nd w. 1
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.

Protocol 2

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1998

Difficulty High Rated by us, not by the source.

Start around January 18, 2027 for a May 3 last frost.

  1. Warm moist stratification

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

  2. Cold moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 40°F 4°C

Steps after step 1 run on after germination.

Germination happens during step 1, in 77 days.

12% germination in 77 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1998 · 2nd Supplement, Lachenalia p. 42Public domain
Show the original text
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. elegans germ. 70D(1/8 in 11th w)-40{6/8 in 3-5 w) and 70L(none). When the sample in 70L was shifted to 70D after 8 w, 1/7 germ. in 5th w. It was then shifted to 40 after 12 w whereupon 6/7 germ. in 2-5 w. - - L. fistulösa germ. 70D(6/14 in 5-11 w)-40(5/14 in 3rd w) and 70L(none). When the sample in 70L was shifted to 70D after 8 w, 4/6 germ. in 2-5 w. It was then shifted to 40 after 12 w whereupon 2/6 germ. in 2nd w. 1
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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