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Thysanotus multiflorus

Many-flowered Fringe Lily

Family AsparagaceaeGenus Thysanotus

Two mauve flowers whose three broad petals are fringed all round with fine hairs, opening from green buds, against black.
FlowerKevin Thiele from Perth, AustraliaCC BY 2.0

About the plant

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

Habit
perennialPlants of the World Online
Flower
PurpleWikipedia

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.

Worth knowing

  • Many-flowered fringe lily, from the south-west of Western Australia, carries a single cluster of up to 60 purple flowers whose petals are fringed. Wikipedia: Thysanotus multiflorus

This source reports two treatments. Both are shown.

Protocol 1

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1996

Difficulty High Rated by us, not by the source.

Start around March 1, 2027 for a May 3 last frost.

  1. Gibberellic acid soak

  2. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C

No stated waiting before sowing. Then 35 days to germinate.

22% germination in 35 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1996 · 1st Supplement, Thysanotus p. 81Public domain
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Thysanotus (Liliaceae). T. multiflorus germ. 70 GA-3(2/9 in 5th w) and none in 70D, 70L, or OS. Seeds DS 6 m were dead.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement, 1st Supplement, Thysanotus p. 81. 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, Thysanotus p. 81Public domain
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Thysanotus (Liliaceae). T. multiflorus germ. 70 GA-3(2/9 in 5th w) and none in 70D, 70L, or OS. Seeds DS 6 m were dead.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement, 1st Supplement, Thysanotus p. 81. 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.

Germination trials

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