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Massonia pustulata (seeds?) . . .

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I'm hoping these are now developing seeds on my Massonia pustulata. Cereusly, Tony
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They are self fertile, so chances are strong!
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Nice! I just sowed some Massonia seeds myself, hopefully I'll have a couple of plants myself :)
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Astro wrote:Nice! I just sowed some Massonia seeds myself, hopefully I'll have a couple of plants myself :)
Were the seeds viable?

I self pollinated my Massonia pustulata this winter. The seed pods have recently lengthed and started to dry out. I have taken a peak, and I noticed seeds, although (still) greyish instead of black. I wonder if they are viable...
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I have a bunch of them, so am not sure if they are self fertile or not, could be.
But the seed pods dry up quickly within a couple weeks and then open revealing the small black seeds.

The plant is easy to raise from seed if you sow them in the fall.
I have a bunch that are growing in my garden after I threw in some extra seed 2 years ago, the first year they have smooth leaves.

Sometimes the flowers form a small stalk and raise above the leaves, other times they stay low.
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Aiko wrote: I self pollinated my Massonia pustulata this winter. The seed pods have recently lengthed and started to dry out. I have taken a peak, and I noticed seeds, although (still) greyish instead of black. I wonder if they are viable...
Yes, it took a month or so (par for the course it seems) but most germinated. I was able to keep them growing through their first summer and got the first flowers this winter.

I'm still looking for a good balance between providing them with a bright location while keeping them cool enough so they don't go dormant in February. Same issues with my other Massonia, Daubenya and Lachenalia/Polyxena seedlings (and to some extent Bulbine, though they seem to be more tolerant). The challenges for NoCal and for Holland are somewhat different :)
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I sowed some early this winter and it took 4-6 weeks for them to come up. I thought they were duds, but it looks like they came close to 100%.
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Mine are all dormant now, nothing left except an empty pot of soil with tags in them.

I keep them in the shade and may lightly water them here and there, and will start watering hard next fall.
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Aiko wrote:I self pollinated my Massonia pustulata this winter. The seed pods have recently lengthed and started to dry out. I have taken a peak, and I noticed seeds, although (still) greyish instead of black. I wonder if they are viable...
I was able to harvest the seeds. Quite a lot of seeds!
For anyone interested, I will update my free seeds list during the summer, when I will have more species to offer.

C and D, if you want some, let me know. I still owe you...
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I just noticed the first Massonias and Lachenalias are starting to peek out of the soil. Summer must be over... (although we were still hitting 90+F last week)
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Up here aswell. Although some I got from you are still below the soil.
I have two Massonia fully in leave, with the start of a developing flower in the middle.
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The Massonias are still taking their sweet time developing their flowers, so these Lachenalia pusilla beat them to the punch... L. viridiflora and L. quadricolor following soon.

I am expecting some Lithops flowers in a week or two as well (we're finally done with the hot weather, my Lithops like to take an extended Summer vacation).
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Lachenalia viridiflora, very nice turquoise flowers.
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The Massonias are finally in flower. These are now 3 years old from seed. Another one from the same batch flowered a few weeks ago and is now pretty much done. I got them under the name M. echinata, but the difference in flowers between the two plants in the photo raises a few questions.
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