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Lachenalia mediana

Renoster Viooltjie · Tinged Viooltjie

Family AsparagaceaeGenus Lachenalia

A pink-purple flower spike of tubular bells on an upright stem, beside a metal garden label, among fleshy succulent foliage.
FlowerEriaWeiCC 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
Pink-purpleRead 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 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 15 days to germinate.

80% germination in 10–15 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1996 · 1st Supplement, Lachenalia p. 51Public domain
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Lachenalia (Liliaceae). Light inhibited germination. L. mediana germ. 70D(8/10 in 10-15 d) and 70L(none).
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement, 1st Supplement, Lachenalia p. 51. 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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