Re: HYB: long chill requirements?

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Thanks, Sean.

So you think I. variegata comes from a climate with more hours in that
32o - 45oF than other bearded species in the background of TBs?
Somehow, I got the idea that maybe aphylla or whatever was passing for
various other dwarf species that got mixed in the TB gene pool came from
consistently cool climates.

It's probably just random 'luck' of gene combination, that has put
Immortality's seeds out on the far end of the distribution of chilling
requirements.

PS - I get <much> more uniform and faster germination of seeds in the
fridge than outdoors, but that's probably mostly my wretched erratic
climate. Combined with the gene pool I insist on working with.

Linda Mann east TN USA zone 7