I weeded this area and found a hidden calla lily lying on the ground.....
Nothing remarkable...
Gift from 'Eclipse' calla lily
And then I lifted it up and............
I will now watch this and try planting the seeds when the pods start to burst open. This is one of the Calla lilies from the Co-op earlier this year.
Pam
I had several colorful callas that had just laid over, heavy with seed like that. They got covered up with mulch and leaves in fall, and the next spring I found clumps of seedlings all around. And that was all the way up here in Kentucky, where they're not even supposed to be hardy! I think they will seed themselves easily for you. None of my seedlings have bloomed yet, I'm curious what they'll look like since they are from hybrids. I have several in pots that I bring in for winter as well, and left seed heads laying in some of the pots. Those sprouted this spring as well. It seems the seed never totally dries out, the skin around it stays kinda moist and leathery, but the seed sprout just fine anyway. Some other aroids seeds are like that too.
Well, you'll have a head start with your seeds for getting blooms. Show pictures when they do bloom. I'm curious, too.
Well He does work in mysterious ways, doesn't he? I was given 4 seed heads from a gentleman at work. He said his calla's do just what gemini_sage said hers do.
So I was wondering what to do with them: plant the whole seed head? break them up? inside? outside?
I had somehow missed this thread, and when I was showing him the website this am, ran across this thread!!
Who says there is no such thing as synchronicity??
Than you for inadvertently showing me what to do with these seed heads.
Breaking them up would make transplanting easier. These clusters of little bulbs can be hard to separate, unless you do it when they go dormant. Then the little tubers fall away from each other easily. I've started them from cleaned seed sent to me by another DGr, and started those indoors under lights. Judging from what I've seen, they're not too fussy. I may even try wintersowing some.
gemini, if you don't mind my asking ~ should I let them dry out before I separate them? I know they won't make it outside up here, I'll have to start something indoors.
Well, from what I've observed, if the skin stays on, they never really completely dry out, kinda like a raisin with a seed inside. Thats how those I have in pots (stored in the basement for winter) looked this spring when I pulled them out. I added a couple of inches of fresh compost to the pots, and just covered the seed heads. I started seeing seedlings a few weeks later. Those that were sent to me were dry, with the skin removed, and they also started within a few weeks. I think if you just keep the seed heads in an airy place so they don't mold, they'll be fine for starting in late winter or spring.
thanks for the info, I'll do that.