Konnichiwa!
First of all, I am not a Nepenthes enthusiast, but I like Nepenthes. I am quite unfamiliar with Nepenthes. In fact, I have been hardly growing Nepenthes in greenhouse. I remember the disappointed look (facial expression) of the great German Nepenthes & Heliamphora specialist, who is a worldwide distributer, when he saw a dying tiny Nepenthes (only one I had in my greenhouse at that time) in my Byblis greenhouse (see the far bottom in the page 1 of the thread: http://icps.proboards.com/thread/2348/scented-byblis?page=1) after the ICPS international conference in 2002.
Back to the subject,
My German friend (not the above-mentioned specialist, but he is also a specialist) kindly sent Nepenthes eymae seeds to me in 2013. I sowed the seeds in vitro, they germinated very well. Recently when I was tidying up the refrigerator, I found the remaining of the seeds without silica gel. Just curiosity, I sowed the seeds on February 9 in 2018. The seed was 5 years old. I noticed its germination a few days ago. I took the photos on March 2 in 2018.
I have often heard the viability of Nepenthes seed is quite short. It might be the fact when it came to the Lowlanders?
What is your experience?
Kind regards from the Far East
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the germination from 5 years old Nepenthes eymae seeds
https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4752/26703044788_46c8bf7296_o.jpg
the germination from 5 years old Nepenthes eymae seeds
https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4719/39864096324_864e9d4426_o.jpg
the germination from 5 years old Nepenthes eymae seeds
https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4608/40574557081_5f96c9ba35_o.jpg
the germination from 5 years old Nepenthes eymae seeds
https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4619/26703045168_87ae457a2a_o.jpg
the germination from 5 years old Nepenthes eymae seeds
First of all, I am not a Nepenthes enthusiast, but I like Nepenthes. I am quite unfamiliar with Nepenthes. In fact, I have been hardly growing Nepenthes in greenhouse. I remember the disappointed look (facial expression) of the great German Nepenthes & Heliamphora specialist, who is a worldwide distributer, when he saw a dying tiny Nepenthes (only one I had in my greenhouse at that time) in my Byblis greenhouse (see the far bottom in the page 1 of the thread: http://icps.proboards.com/thread/2348/scented-byblis?page=1) after the ICPS international conference in 2002.
Back to the subject,
My German friend (not the above-mentioned specialist, but he is also a specialist) kindly sent Nepenthes eymae seeds to me in 2013. I sowed the seeds in vitro, they germinated very well. Recently when I was tidying up the refrigerator, I found the remaining of the seeds without silica gel. Just curiosity, I sowed the seeds on February 9 in 2018. The seed was 5 years old. I noticed its germination a few days ago. I took the photos on March 2 in 2018.
I have often heard the viability of Nepenthes seed is quite short. It might be the fact when it came to the Lowlanders?
What is your experience?
Kind regards from the Far East
https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4752/39864095934_c2692a943b_o.jpg
the germination from 5 years old Nepenthes eymae seeds
https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4752/26703044788_46c8bf7296_o.jpg
the germination from 5 years old Nepenthes eymae seeds
https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4719/39864096324_864e9d4426_o.jpg
the germination from 5 years old Nepenthes eymae seeds
https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4608/40574557081_5f96c9ba35_o.jpg
the germination from 5 years old Nepenthes eymae seeds
https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4619/26703045168_87ae457a2a_o.jpg
the germination from 5 years old Nepenthes eymae seeds