Juergen

Hi Tripsis, i think Jan is ok,i have become my seeds in November last Year and the first germinate in March(with only one leave) I think she makes first one a little tuber and in the 2.period she grows with more leaves. My hastifolia with vine germinate in july outside with more sun and sometimes with a little gulp fertilizer in water(all 4 weeks ) Good Luck with your hastifolia seed,hope we can read here from you succes! Juergen

Hi from the last picture hastifolia 07/11 this plant makes a little vine with many leves. The other plants was germinate with only one leave before they go dormant. This hastifolia grows and grows and....all the other sleeping now is autum here and we have 10°C by day and the first frost by -2°C at night.I will see whats happend in next time,the hastifolia is now in House by the window. Its the best result from all my hastifolia germination at the moment. Juergen

yep transversa flowers in spring,but to collect seeds you must wait to autum? Ok you look for a tuber maybe is spring the best time. Good Luck! Hopefully you find it

Hi tripsis You mean D.rotundata? Sorry i dont have rotundata.She grows in africa but it is not so easy here to become Dioscorea from africa. I had contact with a person in africa,he wouldn´t help me by my search for D.brownii and other african dioscorea(he told me its no problem),but i hear no more from him. I have see you searching for transversa also,your not from australia or W.A.? Perhaps i think it was not the right Time for searching transversa or other Dioscorea,in the most area is winter now. Maybe we have luck in next autum?

I know People in africa take D.dregeana as sedative.The Zulus call dregeana as drunghard or sleepiest. She cook the tuber and the Liquid was a narcoticum earlier than operation bones fracture. Dioscorea dregeana are importance by african folk medicine(south america). A other one healty Dioscorea is the villosa. Dioscorea villosa is a homeopathy medicin,People makes all sorts of things from villosa.It gives Powder,Tablets,Dragees,Cream.......... D.villosa helps by:nervousness,pre-menopausal,sickness,osteoporose,rheumatism,antispasmodic,peptic and many more... In TCM gives many Dioscorea plants for healthy.D.hypoglauca(colletti),batatas,japonica,tokoro,and many more.

I dont know is all Yam toxic,but its possible.The usual potato is raw also little toxic. I have read Dioscorea hispidia,sansibarensis,dregeana,bulbifera and a few more was toxic.in raw. If you will eat there its better to cook before. Perhaps i can collect in a few Years many bulbills or a big Tuber from my D.batatas to make roast potatoes

Hi there, i search for Seeds or Tuber/bulbs from australian Dioscorea(transversa,bulbifera)and pentaphylla. D.pentaphylla growing in Qld. and(i have read)also in N.T.Is somebody here they can help me? I have read People here have negative experience with swindler cheater or lurker by overseas. No Problem at all! I provide for a Exchange i will send the first mail with what ever you want. At this Moment i have realy good seed from D.sylvatica with high rate to germinate(by 90%) Seed from D.hastifolia or communis,brachybotrya,dregeana caucasica also. Finaly seeds from Arisema flavum also with good rate to germinate. Seed in next Time;Incarvilea delavayi,riccinus,ipomea multifidia,,Mirabilis jalapa....or ask me ;) Juergen

It was not so easy here in germany to become a tuber/bulb from a unusual Dioscorea spec. The most people have the usual elephantipes,sylvatica batatas or so. If i have good luck and find any person they will help by my search for Dioscorea from other countrys it was easier mostly to become seed as a tuber/bulb(but its possible ) Yes and it´s a challenge to have succes with seed by the german varying temperatures and i am very happy to have succes with my hastifolia! A friend from me have seeding hastifolia also,he must wait 6 months before they germinate. Yes i know the feeling.I have send seeds from germany to australia, usa,japan and africa its good to hear they have succes with it . Hi shortly nice to see you here! all information i found over hastifolia never i have read hastifolia was toxic. Juergen

good luck

This one is seeding in mai this year and have her second leave. Juergen

Thanks Amazonian. No i have not afrikan cichlids(only from south america)but a friend have regularly juniors from frontosa. My Favorit was Cichla monoculus and the Snakeheads.

i have become last Year in November from WA: Seeds from D.hastifolia. I seeding in cacti&sukkulents soil and she stand by the Window for 4 months bevore there germinate. a few days later 4 Months later goes my hastifolia to sleep and for this Time i think she makes a good Tuber. The second expirience was starting in Mai this Year and one from the Seeds germinate for two weeks and i am surprised,she makes her second leave(the other one makes only one leave in 4 months).Dioscorea are courios!She surprise my again & again.....

Thank you mac! I dont have any Tanks at this Time(all for sold),but i have a lot of pictures/videos from my Snakeheads and Cichlids or ohter fishes. Perhaps you know what is the best place to share there? Yeah snakeheads sometimes agressive,(most by breeding) @Evil Genius:ha noch einer aus Deutschland,da fühle ich mich nicht mehr ganz so allein. Juergen

Hi there, my name is Juergen and i come from Germany. My Hobby was over 30 Years the Aquaristic. The last Year´s i have over 30 Tanks with predatory fish in a House and in Summer outdoor in Pool or Pond. My Tanks was small(30Liters) to biggest 1600Liters) with snakeheads,cichla(cichlid)and catfish. For two years i have to sold all my aquaristic equipment,and now i make my second Hobby(plants)to my favorit. My greatest interest is the Plants of Dioscorea. I have contact with a few People araound the World and with a few in Australia(maybe a few Members here knows me ) for my searching to Dioscorea plants all over the World. Thats my Dioscorea 3xDioscorea batatas 1 Jahr 2xDioscorea cayennensis 1x 1Jahr/1x 2Jahre 1xDioscorea japonica 2 Jahre 1xDioscorea bulbifera 1 Jahr 2XDioscorea caucasica 1 Jahr 2xDioscorea sylvatica 1 Jahr 2xDioscorea communis 1 Jahr 1xDioscorea sansibariensis 1Jahr 2xDioscorea rupicola 1 Jahr 3xDioscorea dregeana (Sämlinge) 2x Dioscorea sp. 9x Dioscorea opposita(batatas) 16xDioscorea oppositifolia(batatas) Seeding 2010 5xDioscorea communis 3xDioscorea hemicrypta 3xDioscorea mundtii 3xDioscorea nipponica 20xDioscorea hastifolia Januar 2011 2xDioscorea fandra 2xDioscorea alata 3xDioscorea globosa März 2011 5x Sämlinge von Dioscorea hastifolia 4x Sämlinge von d. hemicrypta April 2011 3x D.hastifolia(lost 2) 2x hemicrypta (lost 2) 1x D.sansibariensis 5x D.villosa Rhizome 2x D.transversa Wurzeln 3x D.dregeana(Sämlinge) 5x D.spec.unbekannt Thats all for now. My english is not the best(i know) i have learn it for over 20 Years in school. Sorry for orthographic mistake its not so easy for me to think and write in english Juergen