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Re: Starting Woodland Plants from Seed



On Sun, 8 Jun 1997, Mike Smith-VE9AA, Coreen Smith-VE9AAA, wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> Has anyone had any luck growing woodland plants from seed? Ex:
> Ladyslippers
> Twisted Stalk
> Bead Lilies
> False Lily-of-the-valley
> Bunchberrys
> Trilliums
> White Star Plant
> I have all of the above and want to know how to collect seed for 
> trade and future plantings. I also want to know what "Removing the 
> seed from the pulp" means. Is there a coating around certin types of 
> seed that has to be removed? 

Coreen,

With the exception of the ladyslippers [and white star? I don't recognize 
this], these woodlanders with fleshy fruits can treated similarly.  
Harvest the berries when obviously ripe. [or trillium when the fruits 
begin to split].  You can most easily get rid of most of the pulp by 
smearing the berry onto a piece of newsprint.  Air dry and scrape the 
seeds into a container.

You can store the seed: best in slightly moist vermiculite or fibrous 
peat in a baggy, in the refrigerator.  Or plant within a few weeks.  
Generally these seeds lose viability when stored air-dry at room 
temperature for more than a few weeks.

Before storage, or before planting, you can remove then rest of the 
inhibitors, by soaking overnight and then rinsing...


Cypripedium seed is another matter.  It should be stored dry, preferably 
cool if held for more than a few weeks.

Loren Russell, Corvallis, Oregon
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