Tropaeolum speciosum
Chilean Flame Creeper · Flame Nasturtium · Scottish Flameflower
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
- ScarletWikipedia
- Native range
- Chile Central, Chile SouthGBIF 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
- Flame flower comes from Chile, where it is called coralito, quintralito or voqui. It is not easy to grow, thriving in some places and failing completely in others, but it does particularly well in New Zealand and Scotland, where it has been called the "glory of the Highlands". Wikipedia: Tropaeolum speciosum
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
Warm moist stratification
Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 70°F 21°C Light: dark
Cold moist stratification
Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 40°F 4°C
about 9 months from start to step 4. Germination happens during step 4; time not stated, 21 days assumed.
11% germination.
How each step is done, in Deno’s words, and what Verified and Derived mean.
Germination trials
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