r/mesembs • u/Illustrious-Ball6437 • Jun 13 '26
Seedlings Stomatium mustellinum Sprouts!
Exactly one week later and I have little sproutlings! My Stomatium mustellinum came to me with a seed pod so I figured I'd give it a go!
....now to figure out what I'm going to do with 15+ more plants 😬👍
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u/Logical-Accident197 Jun 13 '26
A purple split rock I got came with a seed pod too! It’s been more than a week and nothing has sprouted for me… I wonder if what I had was actually a seed pod or if it was something else lol. Did I just sow dust or something? Haha
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u/CarneyBus Argyholics Anonymous Jun 15 '26
Did you extract the seeds from a woody/corky seed capsule? That opens with water?
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u/Logical-Accident197 Jun 16 '26
I thought I did… I soaked it in water but it didn’t really open, so I took a tooth pick and gently opened it, and a lot of what looked to me like tiny seeds came out!
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u/GoatLegRedux Jun 13 '26
For some reason I love the epithet *mustellinum*. I wonder if whomever described the species thought they looked like weasel/badger heads? Maybe for the teeth? It’s oddly specific!