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Melicytus alpinus

Porcupine Shrub

Family ViolaceaeGenus Melicytus

A low dense gray-green spiny shrub spreading over stony ground above a lake shore
The whole plantChristopher StephensCC BY-SA 4.0

About the plant

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

Habit
subshrubPlants of the World Online
Flower
WhiteWikipedia
Native range
New Zealand SouthGBIF 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.

Protocol

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1998

Difficulty High Rated by us, not by the source.

  1. Warm moist stratification

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

  2. Cold moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 40°F 4°C Light: either

  3. Warm moist stratification

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

  4. Cold moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 40°F 4°C Light: either

  5. Warm moist stratification

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

  6. Cold moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 40°F 4°C Light: either

  7. Warm moist stratification

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

    1/4 germinated in this phase.

Steps after step 5 run on after germination.

about 12 months from start to step 5. Germination happens during step 5, in 63 days.

50% germination in 7–63 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1998 · 2nd Supplement, Hymenanthera p. 39Public domain
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Hymenanthera (Violaceae). H. alpina germ. 70D-40-70D-40-70D(2/4 in 1-9 w)-40-70D(1/4 on 2nd d). Light did not initiate germination.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd Supplement, 2nd Supplement, Hymenanthera p. 39. 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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