Crinum asiaticum (Giant Crinum) seeds: they need to be sprouted while fresh. and one has sprouted, although it dried up. you can put them both in light soil mix half-exposed. they need light to germinate. the germinated one should also be on the surface, the plant will feed on it as it grows. they will take a few years to get more then a few spindly leaves. I am sure you've seen them everywhere in So FL.

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My crinums make seeds all the time, although they aren't giant ones. I dug mine up and moved it, and then a seedling popped up where it had been. This year, it made seeds and I just planted them in pots. It takes a long time for the giant ones to get big enough to bloom from seeds, but they're gorgeous.

I picked up a few and am sprouting them, 'cause I can :).

2 are ready for planting, am keeping them moist for now.

they sprout close to the spot where stem used to attach. so I am keeping that side down on the moist towel, tented to keep moist and in good light.

>> It takes a long time for the giant ones to get big enough to bloom from seeds.

that's the reason i'm sprouting them actually, as I can only put out a few on my balcony and they need to stay small for a few years :). ground is not an option for now. but perhaps in the future.

Thank you so much for the ID. I have used this site quite a bit for identifying plants and I’m amazed how many experts there are.

I already have a Crinum Lily but never saw the seed . Thanks again to everyone.

Petrushka, I've heard 3 years from seed, but my giant crinum is now 5 years old and hasn't even gotten that large yet, so I don't know how long it will take. The giant ones take up a ton of space, but they're so beautiful when they bloom. Yes, you can keep them small by keeping them in pots -- for awhile -- but they'll eventually break out of the pots. That could be yeas, though, so you're doing what's right.

I was looking to put something out on a south facing balcony in So FL: which is a scorcher even now, getting close to 80F. it's a baking pan and that's how I like it in winter :). it's an experiment. I grow Amaryllis on my balcony in NY, so can put out a pot of Crinum for summer too. and if it survives, i'll bring it back to Miami :) ...to winter. or leave it there indoors in a sunny window. depends how it does for me.

there are thickets of them here everywhere in landscaping.