I would like to grow more peace liles from seeds. can i retrieve the seeds from the white flowering blooms?

Question

if so how? I hear that any plant that blooms creates seeds, i just dont know how to cultivate them...

Answer 1

I would say the seeds will be sterile unless you polinate. That is not a self polinating plant.

What you need to do is to take an ordinary "Q" tip and then get some pollen from another plants bloom and polenate the plant you want as seed pod. Just rub it around in there, dont be too fusy it will polenate.

Then wait till the pod has died down and the seeds form.It must turn brown and shriveled , cut it off and dry the seed pod further on a window sill and in the sun.

You have a choice on planting time. If you plant in the late fall, the seeds will lay dormant and absorb water from the winters snows and then germinate in spring.

Or you can take the seeds and soak them for 3 or 4 days in a jar of water, pass the water thru a sieve, retrieve the seeds and plant in a sterile medium pot keeping it moist.

I grow day lillies and I am very familar with this plant.

Why not use the root shoots in your case, you are not trying to develope a new variety,. Youd want seeds to develope a new cross polly variety.

Answer 2

I don't know about peace lillies specifically... But with any plant the blooms are what are fertilising the seeds. You need to wait until the flowers dry up and fall off, then what's left is usually some sort of pod or container depending on the plant that contains the seeds. But to get seeds that will grow you normally need to have more than one plant! Or else the seeds won't be fertilised.

Answer 3

I have not heard of peace lilies being raised from seed,even if this were possible it would be a lenghty & tedious procedure,if you have enough blooms for seeds, it would be easier & a fool proof method to divide the plants & replant rooted portions of a few plants each.

Answer 4

ok.. i found some info about peace lilies that u might find REALLY helpful..

Young plants of Spathiphyllum are available from tissue culture or seed. The propagation of Spathiphyllum by tissue culture offers the grower the advantage of selected named varieties, improved crop uniformity and year round availability. Since this crop is backed by extensive breeding programs, commercial growers and consumers can expect a consistent supply of new cultivars.
Spathiphyllum produced from seed has, until recently, lost volume to tissue culture production. Previously, seed production, although economical, tended to lack the quality and uniformity demanded by today's growers. Recently, large scale production of seed crops has gained popularity due to controlled seed production backed by excellent production and marketing systems.

There is more info on the site.. i dont wanna post it all on here

the site i found was:
http://www.oglesbytc.com/culture-spathiphyllum.html
Hope it helps

Answer 5

i thnk you can. i would actually bring it by the local plant nursery they could help you more there