Description
Stunning red flowers with three dark red, pointed petals framed by 3 green or reddish green sepals. The scent of the flowers is the source of the common name, Stinking Benjamin: they emit odours to attract flies, which are the main pollinators. I would never consider them stinky, but maybe I didn’t sniff them at the right moment. In any case you have to get very close to the flowers to catch the odour.
A most desirable Trillium; always seen in much smaller numbers than Trillium grandiflorum both in the wild and in cultivation. The flowers remain nice looking longer than those of T. grandiflorum and also the red fruits are nice looking.
Germination: best when the seeds are sown fresh, or kept in moist substrate and allowed to follow warm/cold moist cycles.
The germination is hypogeal: first it will form just a root/small rhizome and the first leaf will appear after a cold cycle. This species regularly germinate after 2 years (warm/cold cycles x 2 times).
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