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Sunday, 2 August 2009

Germinating Rain Lily Seeds

Zephyranthes, also known as rain lily, propagates through producing offsets or through seeds.

However, from my experience, Zephyranthes Citrina, bright yellow-coloured rain lily, do not produce offsets, but will produce 10-25 seeds from one seedpod.

My first experience with germinating seeds from Z. Citrina happened more than a year ago ... I was trying my luck by just planting the seeds in a pot next to my Agavae.

The seed pod, just splitted and ready to be harvested
Z Citrina

The seeds, there were 12 seeds from the one and only seedpod, harvested on 16th July 2008
Biji rain lily kuning

Then, a week later, to my pleasant surprise, needle-like leaves were seen growing
Biji Rain Lily dah bercambah

And on day 17, they grow even longer ....
rain lili

And this is on day 37
Rain lily

Then I moved them to a bigger pot and forget about it. And they still survive without much care from me :-)