Drosophyllum Germination

[carnivoure12]

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[Wolfn]

http://www.sarracenia.com/faq/faq5300.html

To germinate, Drosophyllum seed must be fresh. Various forms of pre-germination treatment involving giberellic acid, boiling water, fire, scarification, and stratification have been suggested and tried, but I have found that if the seed is less than a few months old it will germinate well without special treatments. If you have old seed, you can try the tricks I mentioned, but don't hold your breath.

The soil medium should be a sandy peat mix; I like to include large aggregate materials like 1-cm chunks of pumice, perlite, or rocks in the soil too. The highly regarded carnivorous plant author Adrian Slack suggests slack-potting these plants, although of course he did not call it that!

 

[Fryster]

Good luck! I find these SOB's extremely hard to germinate. I've jumped thru all the hoops and have had 0% success on germination.

http://www.carnivorousplants.org/seedbank/species/Drosophyllum.htm

http://www.bestcarnivorousplants.com/sowing_seeds.htm#Drosophyllum (Drosophyllum lusitanicum)

http://www.bestcarnivorousplants.com/Drosophyllum_lusitanicum.htm

 

[elgecko]

Did you see this thread?

http://www.terraforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=108135