I have just collected what I presume to be seed pods. The plant is one
of those things with a single tall stalk (a couple of metres), a red
flower on top and pointed leaves from the base (about .75 to 1 metre.
Even the name won't come to me at the moment.

Can I propagate them from these pods which I don't think are yet ripe?
A couple of photos of them are at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/psycho12/

Unfortunately I don't have a pic of the plant but they are not
uncommon.

Thanks


Regards
Dinsy

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Dinsdale Pirana wrote:

I have just collected what I presume to be seed pods. The plant is one
of those things with a single tall stalk (a couple of metres), a red
flower on top and pointed leaves from the base (about .75 to 1 metre.
Even the name won't come to me at the moment.

Gymea lily? Spear lily?

Can I propagate them from these pods which I don't think are yet ripe?
A couple of photos of them are at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/psycho12/

Unfortunately I don't have a pic of the plant but they are not
uncommon.

See this forum page:

http://www.au.gardenweb.com/forums/l...329235129.html

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Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
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On Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:22:59 +1100, Dinsdale Pirana wrote:


They are indeed the Gymea Lilly and the page you quoted talks about
germinating from seed however I don't think I have the seeds yet. I
presume the seeds come from the pods I have so I guess I will have to wait
until they dry out.

If the seed pods are green, you might not have viable seeds unless that is
how the plant drops them.

Sounds like a hippiastrum (please excuse spelling) seed should be viable leave in a airy/sunny spot to thoroughly dry then plant and get set for a long wait, weeks or months.If they are hippies much quicker to look around the base/clump for stray bulbs (pups). god bless

sorry for bad info lol i shoulda read on.hippiastrum indeed.cheers