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| This is a repost from a few days ago from the bromeliad forum. No responses there so I'm hoping that someone here can answer this for me.
"Hi. I have a Billbergia brasiliensis that has several seed pods. They've been developing for about 4 months but aren't yet ripe. I've opened a couple pods over the past few weeks and the seeds are a light orange color and sticky. When allowed to dry they've just shriveled up. How can you tell when a pod is ripe? TIA" |
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| Karyn, because I love you, I did some research and came up with this information - hope it helps: Billbergia produces seed berries. They remain the |
Here is a link that might be useful: Billbergia seed pod harvesting
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| Thank you so much for the info. I looked online and couldn't find anything. Now I just wish the damn things would ripen. The pods are still rock hard. Do you want any seed when they're ripe? I'll have loads of them. It's a beautiful brome when in bloom and the foliage isn't bad though I'm not the biggest brome fan. It doesn't get as messy looking as some of the others. |
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| Thanks, Karen, but I have one of these - it hasn't set in pods, though. Have you thought of/tried putting the seeds in a small paper bag (still on the plant)and put a cut apple in the bag with it? Ripening fruit releases ethylene gas, which hastens ripening fruits/seeds. |
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| The stem is long and the weight of the apple might break it. It's just sitting in the GH with everything else. I shouldn't be so impatient for the seeds to ripen anyway because I don't plan on starting any seeds or cuttings for several months. |
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| Karyn, get a plastic bag, such as a newspaper comes in. Drop the cut apple in the bottom, rest it on something to relieve the stress on the stem, put the seed-bearing limb in the bag and lightly tie it shut. |
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| If the pods haven't ripened by the end of Feb I'll give it a try. I won't be starting seeds until early spring. |
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| Let us know your success! |
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- Posted by RetiredFlorida 9 (My Page) on Mon, Apr 29, 13 at 11:40
| Somebody did a good job waiting til they were just ripe because, all of em germinated! |
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