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😭 It finally happened, I germinated an Aristolochia watsonii. The grower who gave me these seeds, the incredible Gene Joseph, said that even he doesnt get more than one or two out of a hundred seeds and he doesn’t know how to improve the germ rate. Grateful I got this one after months of trying!

Der-shing 德馨 Helmer@shingworks.com

Third pic is actually pretty cool, it’s Aristolochia watsonii, the Watson’s Dutchman‘s Pipe plant, an Arizonan native. The owner of the nursery we went to is a fucking sweetie pie and gifted me a bunch of seeds from his plants that have been on the property since 1930 ;__; I’m so grateful

Der-shing 德馨 Helmer

@shingworks.com

31 July

Yeah, just double-checked, this batch was planted May 31 (I gave this batch seed some time to age since Oct collection), so ~9 weeks to germ. No pre-soak, but were kept very wet/ humid for 7 weeks in a seeding box, then moved to outdoor shade about 2 weeks ago. DEF thought I killed them all

Der-shing 德馨 Helmer

@shingworks.com

I've run several test batches prior to this thanks to having a lot of seed to work with, but those all failed and this was my last attempted batch. Glad it worked! I am guessing it's less about me and more about time of year (right before the monsoon hits in AZ) so who knows, maybe I'll get more...

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