I sowed my first batches of seed in January, using the baggy method, under lights and in a propagator. I only sow the small packets of seed, but can't be bothered to count how many seeds there actually are. The table below shows my results to date. They are from various sources, and the only packet where I do know the number of seeds is the M. jamaicensis where I ordered 20 seeds.
Species Seed source No of seedlings
bombycina ML316 Michel Lacoste 9
densispina L1010 Michel Lacoste 7
dioica f. straight spines SB_1602 Le Psye Serre 14
elongata ML63 Michel Lacoste 1
erythrosperma ML322 Michel Lacoste 22
giesekei Le Psye Serre 2
glassii ML_457 Le Psye Serre 7
glassii ML_456 Le Psye Serre 7
glassii ML_461 Le Psye Serre 17
hahniana ML489 Michel Lacoste 14
halbingeri TL200 Michel Lacoste 17
halbingeri fleurs blanches TL_200 Le Psye Serre 8
huitzilopochtli cuicatlanensis fa. minnichii TL_329 Le Psye Serre 9
huitzilopochtli cuicatlanensis fa. multispina TL_327 Le Psye Serre 20
huitzilopochtli imperialis TL_185 Le Psye Serre 7
ixcatlanensis TL225B Michel Lacoste 5
jaliscana L_1044 Le Psye Serre 13
jamaicensis Areces_6399 Le Psye Serre 18
laui subducta L_1222 Le Psye Serre 3
moelleriana fleurs crèmes L_698 Le Psye Serre 4
moelleriana fleurs rouges L_1334 Le Psye Serre 4
multiseta FELKEL Michel Lacoste 12
parrasensis GM958 Michel Lacoste 14
pseudohalbingeri TL303 Michel Lacoste 13
wagneriana ML314 Michel Lacoste 12
winterae GN820 Michel Lacoste 22
I'm now waiting until it is safe to move them out, as I have the AfM seed and also some seed from an Australian supplier to sow. I've never used this last before, and some of the names were intriguing, but probably not valid ones! They include the following:
Mammillaria grahamii v. microcarpa f. minichiana
Mammillaria grusonii v mexicensis
Mammillaria minichiana
Mammillaria zecheriana
Mammillaria albicans v. dolorensis JL5883
Mammillaria odehnalii
so it will perhaps be interesting to see what these actually are (if they come up).
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