#trachyandra

The Trachyandra tortilis bulbs I ordered when the seeds didn’t work out are waking up well! Look at those wavy leaves! I also see an inflorescence forming and I’m hoping both of them are able to flower to I can get seeds! (Assuming they’re not just clones)

Trachyandra sp, Konstable Station | トラキアンドラsp

Succulent | Trachyandra

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Got more plant mail! These are seeds for Asclepias asperula, another milkweed. They’ve packed in a moist paper towel and put in the fridge, since they need cold stratification to germinate. The cold breaks down germination inhibitors that are there to prevent the seeds from germinating in the fall where young seedlings would be vulnerable to winter frosts, causing them to wait for spring.

I also got seeds for Trachyandra tortilis! (Example plant photo from Wikimedia commons) This is yet another plant that’s uncommon enough in cultivation that it doesn’t have any documentation besides the same copypasted paragraphs that might not actually be accurate so I’m going to be winging it a little. I’m going to see if treating them like my Albuca concordiana plants works since those are also South African bulbs.