Images of Seedpods, Seeds and Seedlings

Strelitzia to Symphytum


Name Seed Pod Notes Seeds Germination
Method I Used		 Seedling
Strelitzia
nicolae

Musaceae

Bird of Paradise

 Seedpod is woody and pointed. Seeds are large shiny black beads with a woolly orange tuft. Many seeds in a pod. Nick & soak seed

Summer
Propagator (29 days)
Streptocarpus
hybrids

Gesneriaceae

Cape Primrose		 Seedpods are long, thin and twisted. Seeds are long, thin, brown ovals, and look like dust. Many seeds in a pod. Sow on surface

Winter
Inside (11 days)
Styrax
obassia

Styracaceae

Fragrant Snowbell

 Seeds are shiny chestnut-coloured nuts. Autumn
Outside (193 days)
Sutherlandia
frutescens

Papilionaceae		 Seedpod is very inflated, papery when ripe. Seeds are small, shiny flat beans. Several seeds in a pod. Nick & soak seed

Winter/Spring
Inside/Propagator
(3-5 days)
Symphyandra
- many

Campanulaceae		 Seeds are thin, brown ovals. Many seeds in each pod. Sow on surface

Winter
Propagator (14 days)
Symphytum
officinalis

Boraginaceae

Comfrey

 Seed is a shiny drop, held on a pad at the bottom of the inflated calyx. Usually 1 seed from each flower. Autumn
Outside
(Sorry - lost the record)
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