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From: Bonaventure Magrys <bonaventure at OPTONLINE.NET>
Subject: Arisaema dilatatum germination quandry
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I was using the Deno method on the dilatatum seeds. I was hoping to see s=ome kind of swelling or bursting through of the coat and formation of a s=mall protocorm (prototuber). Kept the paper toweling clean and not too mo=ist, not to warm and not too cool, but even so all but 5 seeds collapsed =to husks. These remainders I put under some barely moist live sphagnum in=a 2-inch pot on my cool, shaded kitchen windowsill so I can observe its =moisture content daily.

I hope you don't mind I'm forwarding our quandry as a query to the experi=enced members of Arisaema-L.

Bonaventure

----- Original Message -----
From: Adam Fikso <irisman at ameritech.net>
Date: Sunday, January 23, 2005 12:37 pm
Subject: a. dilatatum

> Good morning Bon.  How would I know if dilatatum had begun to
> germinate?  It
> does not show above ground for the first year.  Do you dig yours
> up?  Or do
> a Deno method on paper towels?