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Plumeria emarginata

Frangipani

Family ApocynaceaeGenus Plumeria

A cluster of white five-petalled flowers with yellow centers among long, glossy green leaves
FlowerPictured: Plumeria obtusa, a relativeJosie DowdCC BY 4.0

About the plant

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

Habit
shrub or treePlants of the World Online
Flower
WhiteRead from the photograph on this page
Native range
CubaGBIF 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 4 days to germinate.

100% germination in 4 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1996 · 1st Supplement, Plumeria p. 67Public domain
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Plumeria (Apocyanaceae). P. emarginata germ. 70D(3/3 on 4th d). All 4 rotted in 70L, but the sample is too small to conclude that light is detrimental.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement, 1st Supplement, Plumeria p. 67. 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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