Brocchinia germination!

[Brian Barnes]

Greeting Friends,
Alas! I'm please to report and show what I believe are the first photos of Brochinnia reducta germination. Thanks to Steve Stewart's excellent seed germination skills and experience with the genus, combined with my growing skills during the flowering and post-flowering phase....Success!

Now, to get them through their extremely touchy seedling phase(in which they are amazingly prone to damping off) and on to Bromeliad adolescence! Alright, enough blabbing ;D....here's the pics.
Happy Growing,
Brian.







Here's a close-up showing the seedling emerging from the seedcoat;

[jcreef]

Great job guys!! Look into Physan 20, It's a fungicide, viralcide, algaecide and bacterialcide Works well on all my plants and seedlings, not harsh on the plants.

Best wished and Happy Growing,
-Jc
Miami, Fl