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Old 11-02-2003, 12:42 AM
Michael Berridge
 
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Default Eucomis Bicolour - From seed


Martin Sykes wrote in message ...
I germinated some seed from a Eucomis Bicolor (Pineapple Lily) last

autumn
and within a couple of weeks I had 20 plants with one large glossy

green
leaf each about 4" long. Since then they have stayed looking healthy

but
have done nothing else. Is this normal and if so, when am I likely to

see
them put on some more growth?

That one leaf will be creating a root storage system. Many of that type
of perennial seem to take a long time to get a second leaf but they are
using the time to develop roots (can't remember if Eucomis is a corm or
rhizome).

Mike
www.british-naturism.org.uk