Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Monday, October 25, 2010
Wollemia nobilis
female cones, Kew Gardens, October 2010 |
Origin: Wollemi National Park, Australia
Conservation status:
Araucaria araucana
ca 6 months old seedling |
Origin: Chile, Argentina
Conservation status:
Germination: Very easy to germinate from fresh seeds. Germination occurs after ca 1 week. Following growth is very slow.
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Sunday, October 24, 2010
Araucaria nemorosa
Conservation status:
Germination: soaked seeds for one day in the water, placed them onto wet cotton pads changing the cotton pads daily. Seeds started opening after ca. 10 days. Then i placed them in the mixture of vermiculite, perlite and coco fibres. Out of 10 seeds 2 germinated (2 with 4 cotyledons, all purple).Links:
rarepalmseeds
Araucaria rulei
6 months old seedling |
seedlings few days old (mixture of A.rulei and A.laubenfelsii) |
Origin: New Caledonia
Conservation status:
Germination: soaked seeds for one day in the water and placed them onto wet cotton pads changing the cotton pads daily. Most seeds started opening after ca. 5-6 days. Then i placed them in the mixture of vermiculite, perlite and coco fibres. Out of 10 seeds 6 germinated (6 with 4 cotyledons, 2 were purple and 4 green).
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Araucaria angustifolia
Origin: Brasil
Conservation status:
Germination: cutting the 2 mm of the tip of the seed speeds up germination. Soaked seeds for one day and put in a mix of perlite, vermiculite and coco peat. Most seeds germinated between 10-20 days from sowing. Out of 31 seeds 28 germinated.
Links:
arkive
rarepalmseeds
Conservation status:
Germination: cutting the 2 mm of the tip of the seed speeds up germination. Soaked seeds for one day and put in a mix of perlite, vermiculite and coco peat. Most seeds germinated between 10-20 days from sowing. Out of 31 seeds 28 germinated.
Links:
arkive
rarepalmseeds
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