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Fresh from the pod seeds of a homemade hybrid of mine, from the top of my head Haworthia pygmaea 'Yukihime'
x H. cooperi 'Murasaki' (no rhyme or reason really besides the two flowering at the same time). It goes without saying I sowed a good portion of them immediately. They gonna be ugly, but loved!

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On a slight tangent - did you find it diffcult to set seed on these, Mat? Two of my H. cooperi var venusta look as though they might coincide in flowering, and I'd very much like to take advantage of that, but I never tried pollinating Haworthias.

Christian wrote: ↑Sat May 07, 2022 10:02 am On a slight tangent - did you find it diffcult to set seed on these, Mat? Two of my H. cooperi var venusta look as though they might coincide in flowering, and I'd very much like to take advantage of that, but I never tried pollinating Haworthias.

I did have much better luck with just sticking a paint brush bristle from one flower to another, usually waiting about 2 days from when the flowers started to open, as compared to the "flower dissection" method. It's fairly easy to notice when the yellow pollen is ready, for the stigma to become receptive it's probably another 1-2 days wait, but I'm still adjusting the timings.

That's really helpful, thanks Mat. I'll try my luck if/when the opportunity arises. Fingers crossed it works!

MatDz wrote: ↑Fri May 06, 2022 6:49 pm Fresh from the pod seeds of a homemade hybrid of mine, from the top of my head Haworthia pygmaea 'Yukihime'
x H. cooperi 'Murasaki' (no rhyme or reason really besides the two flowering at the same time). It goes without saying I sowed a good portion of them immediately. They gonna be ugly, but loved!


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I'm interested to hear how they have progressed.

el48tel wrote: ↑Sat Sep 17, 2022 9:32 am I'm interested to hear how they have progressed.

Ha, not exactly as I expected. From the 3 that germinated inside the pod 2 are still alive, but very slow to make any progress. No other seed germinated so far, I will probably need to move the two alive to another pot and try to germinate them again after some break.

MatDz wrote: ↑Sat Sep 17, 2022 11:18 am

el48tel wrote: ↑Sat Sep 17, 2022 9:32 am I'm interested to hear how they have progressed.

Ha, not exactly as I expected. From the 3 that germinated inside the pod 2 are still alive, but very slow to make any progress. No other seed germinated so far, I will probably need to move the two alive to another pot and try to germinate them again after some break.

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I get seeds started .... but I successfully detach roots from tops ... or fail to achieve successful growth conditions. I have a qualification in it.

In my experience growing Haworthia seedlings "hard" gives great results. Yes, they are small, but have strong roots and can survive a month's long "Mat's on holiday draught" being 6 months old.