Tropaeolum pentaphyllum
Ladies' Legs
About the plant
What it is and where it grows — not part of any germination protocol.
- Habit
- climbing tuberous geophytePlants of the World Online
- Flower
- Salmon-orangeRead from the photograph on this page
- Native range
- Argentina Northeast, Bolivia, Brazil South, Paraguay, UruguayGBIF 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, 1996Difficulty High
Warm moist stratification
Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 70°F 21°C Light: dark
Cold moist stratification
Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 40°F 4°C
Cold moist stratification
Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 40°F 4°C
Warm moist stratification
Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 70°F 21°C
1/6 germinated in this phase.
Steps after step 2 run on after germination.
about 3 months from start to step 2. Germination happens during step 2; time not stated, 21 days assumed.
17% germination.
How each step is done, in Deno’s words, and what Verified and Derived mean.
Germination trials
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