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« Thread Started on Mar 28, 2007, 11:18pm » Well thanks to a guy on cpuk, he sent me free unknown id nep seeds. Lots of them. Must have been like 100+ or something. From Hawaii, arrived today. He says they are N. Splendiana x Maxima -OR- N. Splendiana x Rokko -OR- N. Splendiana x (spectabilis x veitchii) -OR- a mixture of different seeds which is quite probable.

Well I put it in a seed tray with a plastic cover for humidity. Pic :
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The left 2 rows are chopped dried sphagnum, the middle row is washed cocopeat/perlite, the 2 right rows are peatmoss/perlite.

He says germination rate has only been 5% in the past, but with this many seeds that's still ok haha. « Last Edit: Mar 28, 2007, 11:20pm by zakhren »Link to Post - Back to Top 219.94.117.42 David
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« Reply #1 on Mar 29, 2007, 9:10am » Neat and nice, that's how I like my arrangements to be too.

It will be interesting to find out which media will have a higher rate of seed germination.


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« Reply #2 on Mar 29, 2007, 11:37am » Well i'm spraying each pot with water every morning. Humidity is high in that platsic tray. There are like 20-30 seeds in each pot. If 5% is the germination rate I have the possibility of getting 15 plants haha.
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« Reply #3 on Apr 28, 2007, 12:14pm » They started germinating yesterday! 3 germinating so far. All on cocopeat. I guess cocopeaterlite really is the better medium for germination.
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« Reply #4 on May 8, 2007, 11:51am » Another germination! This time on the peat moss~ Though one of the ones germinating on the cocopeat didn't seem to form properly so I'm considering it dead unless it recovers. So I'm still gonna say 3 germinations so far.
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« Reply #5 on May 9, 2007, 1:36pm » One more today! On the chopped sphagnum moss. Seems like germination happens faster on cocopeat, but doesn't seem to effect the final number of germinations. Well that's what I can tell so far.
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