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Moraea simulans

Fake Glasstulp · Spotted Moraea

Family IridaceaeGenus Moraea

A lilac flower freckled with purple dots, its broad falls spread on either side of a white column, against black.
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About the plant

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

Habit
tuberous geophytePlants of the World Online
Flower
Lilac, purpleRead from the photograph on this page
Native range
Botswana, Cape Provinces, Free State, Lesotho, Northern 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, 1998

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 35 days to germinate.

100% germination in 21–35 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1998 · 2nd Supplement, Gynandriris p. 37Public domain
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Gynandriris (Iridaceae). G. simulans germ. 70D(100% in 3-5 w) and 70L(none). When the sample in 70L was shifted to 70D, 100% germ. in 2-11 d.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd Supplement, 2nd Supplement, Gynandriris p. 37. 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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