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Mandevilla laxa

Chilean Jasmine

Family ApocynaceaeGenus Mandevilla

Clusters of white trumpet flowers with ruffled petals on a twining vine with long pointed leaves
FlowerHugo HulsbergCC0
A plate of a twining stem with broad ribbed leaves and white trumpet flowers flaring into five lobes, with slim buds between them.
IllustrationUnknownPublic domain

About the plant

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

Habit
lianaPlants of the World Online
Flower
White, pale pinkFlora of China
Native range
Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, PeruGBIF 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; Flora of China — Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven and Hong Deyuan (eds.); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Worth knowing

  • Chilean jasmine actually comes from Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and northern Argentina. The vine, up to 6 m, bears masses of heavily scented white flowers in summer. Wikipedia: Mandevilla laxa

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 21 days to germinate.

90% germination in 7–21 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1996 · 1st Supplement, Mandevilla p. 56Public domain
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Mandevilla (Apocyanaceae). M. suaveolens germ. 70D(90% in 1-3 w). Light or GA-3 had no effect.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement, 1st Supplement, Mandevilla p. 56. 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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