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Stypandra glauca

Nodding Blue Lily

Family AsphodelaceaeGenus Stypandra

A blue star flower with six tepals and bright yellow anthers, on a branched red-green stem, with spent flowers hanging beside it.
FlowerCygnis insignisPublic domain

About the plant

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

Habit
subshrub or rhizomatous geophytePlants of the World Online
Flower
BlueWikipedia
Native range
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western AustraliaGBIF 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.

Worth knowing

  • The nodding blue lily is a rhizomatous perennial from southern Australia, with blue lily-like flowers and yellow stamens. Wikipedia: Stypandra glauca

This source reports two treatments. Both are shown.

Protocol 1

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1996

Difficulty Very high Rated by us, not by the source.

Start around March 22, 2027 for a May 3 last frost.

  1. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C Light: light

No stated waiting before sowing. Then 14 days to germinate.

4% germination in 14 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1996 · 1st Supplement, Stypandra p. 80Public domain
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Stypandra (Liliaceae). S. glauca germ. 70L(1/24 in 2nd w) and none in 70D or 70 GA-3.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement, 1st Supplement, Stypandra p. 80. 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.

Protocol 2

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1996

  1. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C Light: dark

No stated waiting before sowing.

0% germination.

Nothing germinated at 70.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1996 · 1st Supplement, Stypandra p. 80Public domain
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Stypandra (Liliaceae). S. glauca germ. 70L(1/24 in 2nd w) and none in 70D or 70 GA-3.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement, 1st Supplement, Stypandra p. 80. Quoted exactly. Every value on this card comes from this record; 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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