Bowiea volubilis (climbing onion) from seed! | Climbing onion propagation
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- Опубліковано 31 лип 2024
- Bowiea volubilis, otherwise known as the climbing onion, is a caudiciform plant/succulent plant from Kenya and Cape Province. True to its name, the adult form of these guys look like onions!
I have seen photos and videos of these weirdos, but I haven't seen a bowiea volubilis in the flesh, so I decided to plant some seeds to see if I could grow my own. They germinated easily enough, and now I have a full tray of climbing onions.
If you want to start your own climbing onion: silverhillseeds.co.za/
Here's Summer Rayne Oakes' care video, if you're interested in learning how to maintain an established bowiea volubilis: • Bowiea volubilis (Bloo...
Tony's Cacti has a really old bowiea volubilis (16 years!): • My Bowiea Volubilis, b...
Let me know if you have any issues germinating these seeds in the comments! I'm happy to help!
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Always great to see these channels with much better quality as mine are less with my cheap camera
Haha aw, thank you for watching! I feel like many people don't care about the quality as long as you have something to say?
Great video! I have been growing B. Volubilis from seed for a number of years and have sowed the seed under the potting mix, always get good germination success. I also have been germinating B. Gariepensis the same way, the seeds of this species is larger than B. Volubilis and also has good germination rates. I have sown a new batch of seeds and in some trays the seeds are on top and other tray I covered the seeds, will be an interesting experiment to see the germination rates. I noticed that B. Gariepensis is a larger and more robust bulb than B. Volubilis and is a winter growing variety, fascinating plants!
thanks so much for watching! I haven't seen seeds for B. Gariepensis online, do you live in a location where you can get them easily? Jealous if you do. And yeah, I made the mistake of using cactus soil for the first time sowing these...I find cactus soil very rarely works for desert plants??
They look like onion seedlings 😁
Nice plant!
hahaha! I should *actually* plant some onions...i eat them all the time, might as well, right?
Very Cool! Loved the illustration! Thank you!
oh cool! yeah these guys are super cool looking, hopefully I can get them to grow much larger
I got a few seeds of eBay had a go at the seedling tray with seed raising mix. Spray watered and vwalah ! Seedlings. Thankyou for helping to confirm they are bowiea volubilis !
That's great to hear! Thanks so much for watching!
Yooo these guys are so funky and all around interesting! I was introduced to them from the Summer Rayne Oakes video haha, you have a really good germination rate!! They almost kind of remind me of the corkscrew plant when they're young
totally man! I hope they will make it past this stage, haha.
Nice video.
So i am in the same step you show them in the video and wondering when should i remove them from the humidity glass(in my case) ? Now i am spraying each day and open the cover for a bit during the day and close it . Will be glad to know when to move them out from the glass :).
hi there! I'd say when the little grass leaves are about 3 in /6 cm. They should be hearty enough at that point. you'll see the first leaves die and more will grow back. I'm still watering mine regularly when the dirt gets dry, usually once a week
Now you have to wait a few years for them too start climbing and another few year for the too flower .... I'll have to wait for my plant to go dormant so i can collect the seeds and try your method as i wasn't getting a good germination rate like you are getting there .. By the way Haniya i left a message on he other video about some seeds that i've got if you want them ...
I saw and replied! i'd love to get some! feel free to email me. I might have some adenia seeds i can send you, if you want some?
I just sent you an email and hope I got it right ... Lol Let me know if you received it ? I would be interested about those Adenium seeds there Haniya ...
@@Tazza107 got it and emailed you back!
Hello, news about this plant? What's period to propagation? Thanks a lot!
I wish I started from seed… I just got two of these a month ago from a mature plant (hope that makes sense) and I think they’re doing okay because I have new growth on one. Both are just tiny 3/8 “ - Don’t know about seedling but mine and more mature ones like things on the drier side.
oh interesting about drier older plants. and yeah i understand you got some pups :) I did take th lid off today for the seedlings, so we'll see! I just know my first batch dried out quickly but i'm not sure if it was the soil or not
I want one of these plants or the seed to grow it can you send me a link to purchase one from you please 🙏
Hi! I did just start an Etsy store but I haven't yet listed these guys, they're still too small I think. But thank you for watching! The seeds you should be able to find online fairly easily
Be aware they will look totally different in their first year and start climbing in the second season.
Thanks! Yes, they haven't changed much as of yet, just dropping and growing new leaves!
@@HaniyaRae The leaves look like very small onions, right? When they turn yellow keep the plants dry for some month. The new grow will climb and form an onion.
@@Neidhard-von-Blaufels yep! Exactly. I can lighten up the watering for sure, I’ve been waiting a couple weeks and then watering again. They do look okay now
@@HaniyaRae No wait until they turn yellow.