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Post by BarryRice on Aug 13, 2007 21:42:58 GMT
Hey Folks,
We're all familiar with how Sarracenia seed could be either tan to dark brown, or purplish. All viable.
However, this weekend I harvested seed from several capsules of unrelated plants (not just anthocyanin-free types), and the seed was straw-yellow colored. I've never seen this before. The seeds were hard, so they weren't immature.
Have you seen this before? Are the seeds viable?
Why this should happen to several different plants is a mystery to me.
Barry
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Post by Aidan on Aug 13, 2007 21:53:02 GMT
I've seen the same colour in seed harvested a few weeks early, prior to the capsule browning. I'm led to believe that it should be viable, but have not tested the hypothesis for myself.
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Post by BarryRice on Aug 13, 2007 22:03:17 GMT
Hey Aidan,
I was wondering if this was the case. Here in arid central California, if I wait for the seed capsules to brown, I end up with something so durable that an agouti would have trouble cracking it. I'm harvesting fruit a little earlier this year. But still I have trouble ascribing it to seed maturity, as some of the capsules just as mature were filled with purple or brown fruit.
Ironic---the first fruit I found that was doing this was from a 'Schnell's Ghost'. I was all excited that this plant might make funny-colored seed. Then I saw it on a host of other plants.
I'll tell you if they are viable.
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Post by wadave on Aug 15, 2007 5:23:08 GMT
Hi Barry,
I've got about thirty packets of various sarra seed starting to germinate at the moment, and the colours vary from dark brown to the light straw colour that you mention.
The very first to germinate were in fact the very light coloured seed, two weeks after being taken out of the crisper and put in the greenhouse. The dark brown are not moving yet.
You will also be pleased to know the cobra seed you sent to the VCPS are germinating well (at least those that I purchased) with a minimum of 30 to 40% for the Othello sprouting so far.
I bought them in Jan/Feb of this year, kept them in the fridge until 28th June when I stratified them. They were then sown on 27th July and placed in the greenhouse, and two weeks to the day I noticed my first sarra seed had germinated and two or three cobra seeds had done the same.
Dave.
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