Re: Sauromatum venosum seeds

From: Don Burns <burns at mobot.org> on 1997.12.22 at 14:44:40(1787) On Mon, 22 Dec 1997, Jaime Rodriguez wrote: > I was getting concerned, because most of the seeds > grew a coating of fungus fuzz. It turns out the skin coating on the > surface of the seed was rotting, but the seed itself is unaffected. I > pricked one out to investigate it more closely, discovered the rotting > skin, and a healthy radicle protruding from the seed! A little closer > inspection revealed that instead of the high mortality I feared, I am > getting very high germination! Now I just need to figure out where I am > going to plant 40 sauromatums! Jaime, As I recall, Brian Capon in his latest book on botany for non-botanists (I am at the office and do not have the book to quote title and verse) says the formation of a fungus is a normal part of germination for many seed types. I have noticed this phenomena on many of the Anthurium seed I have germinated. Sometimes the fungus growth is visible only under a magnifying glass. The fungus growth seems to diaappear when the monocots begin to appear. Don +More Don Burns Plantation, FL USA Zone 10b

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