Ungernia victoris

Amonkora

Family AmaryllidaceaeGenus Ungernia

Narrow, curved red-pink trumpet flowers striped with cream on tall pale stalks, among grass — **Flower**Pictured: *Ungernia sewerzowii*, a relativeKudaibergen AmirekulCC BY-SA 4.0

About the plant

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

Habit: bulbous geophytePlants of the World Online
Flower: Red-pinkRead from the photograph on this page
Native range: Tadzhikistan, UzbekistanGBIF 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.

This source reports two treatments. Both are shown.

Protocol 1

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993

Difficulty Low Rated by us, not by the source.

Start around March 26, 2027 for a May 3 last frost.

Sow and cover
Temperature: 70°F 21°C Light: either

No stated waiting before sowing. Then 10 days to germinate.

70% germination in 8–10 days.

70% inside ten days with nothing done to it. Light made no difference.

Protocol 2

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993

Difficulty Low Rated by us, not by the source.

Start around March 15, 2027 for a May 3 last frost.

Cold moist stratification
Temperature: 40°F 4°C Light: either
70%, in the third week -- it germinates in the cold.

Germination happens during step 1, in 21 days.

70% germination in 21 days.

The same 70% in the cold, a fortnight slower. Light made no difference.

How each step is done, in Deno’s words, and what Verified and Derived mean.

Germination trials

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