Melasphaerula graminea
Fairybells
About the plant
What it is and where it grows — not part of any germination protocol.
- Habit
- tuberous geophytePlants of the World Online
- Flower
- Cream-yellowRead from the photograph on this page
- Native range
- Cape Provinces, NamibiaGBIF 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.
Worth knowing
- Melasphaerula comes from the Greek melas, "black", and sphaerulos, "small sphere". It is the only species in its genus, native to Namibia and the Cape of South Africa. Wikipedia: Melasphaerula
Protocol
DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993Difficulty Moderate
Warm moist stratification
Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 70°F 21°C
Cold moist stratification
Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 40°F 4°C
10 germinated in this phase.
Steps after step 1 run on after germination.
Germination happens during step 1, in 18 days.
90% germination in 10–18 days.
How each step is done, in Deno’s words, and what Verified and Derived mean.
Germination trials
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