Re: breaking dormancy in Amorph. seeds

From: Steve Marak samarak at arachne.uark.edu> on 2001.04.20 at 22:25:46(6233) On Thu, 19 Apr 2001, Alan Galloway wrote: > In October of 1998 a friend collected (from a personal garden) seeds > of A. kiusianus and mailed them to me. I promptly planted them in > soil that I use for all seeds and have kept them warm and watered. > About a week ago, every single seed germinated at once. So this works > out to 29 months of inactivity before germination. I wonder what > happened in my absence last week to spur them to germinate! > uuuuummmmm. Alan, it seems I recall several of us having a similar experience with A. henryi seeds a couple of years ago (though less than 2.5 years; I'll see if I can find my records later), and the Amorph. issue of Aroideana (vol. 19, 1996) notes that A. henryi's closest relative is A. kiusianus. I haven't grown many Amorphs from seed, but I remember the others as being relatively quick to germinate. Steve +More A. glossophyllus currently flowering here, A. henryi in full leaf. -- Steve Marak -- samarak@arachne.uark.edu

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