Anthurium salvinii seeds

From: "Adao Pereira" miguelporto at mail.telepac.pt> on 2000.09.01 at 21:33:58(5327) Hello! I've collected some A. salvinii seeds in Costa Rica and I wonder if there's any special thing needed to germinate them. I just sowed them, removing them from the berry. Should they dry out before being sown? BTW, I've got three berries left. Let me know if anyone wants them. Regards, Miguel

From: Don Burns donburns at macconnect.com> on 2000.09.01 at 21:43:59(5328) Miguel Here in south Florida I simply wash the seeds and drop them on top of my moist planting medium. Keep humid and out of bright sun. But in general if you are allowing Anthurium seeds to dry you will have little success with germination. They need to go into the planting medium immediately after removal from the fruit. Don +More >I've collected some A. salvinii seeds in Costa Rica and I wonder if there's >any special thing needed to germinate them. I just sowed them, removing them >from the berry. Should they dry out before being sown? >BTW, I've got three berries left. Let me know if anyone wants them. > >Regards, >Miguel Don Burns Fort Lauderdale FL USA Zone 10b

From: Durightmm at aol.com on 2000.09.03 at 02:22:56(5333) There are probably as many ways of growing as there are growers but for me in SW Fla over the many years I have had best results using wet sphag. Simply sow them on top in partial sun. Also I have better luck massing the seeds. They seem to germinate more robustly. If you are in a temperate zone naturally the coming fall season might be cause for keeping them warm however you should have time to bring them to thumb pot size soon. good luck Joe

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