Hello, I have some red japanese maple seeds that should be ready pretty soon. I would love to trade for your foamflower!! Let me know if you are interested.

Wanted seeds of Noni(Morinda citrifolia) Nutmeg Tree (Myristica F.), Clove Tree (Eugenia sp.),Murraya exotica/koeniggi?(Curry leaf),Tonka Bean(Dipteryx odorata)Cacao theobroma(Chocolate Tree), Canella,Drimys, Prickly Ash(Xanthoxylum sp.)& other fragrant/or medicinal plants. See trade list on My Page; if its not listed, ASK;I listed only bigger lots of seed. Here is a link that might be useful: GardenWrb

Wow this is an old thread. Ok so what I have discovered with verbena seeds is after the flowers fade and the pods have aged anywhere from 2 weeks to a month while dead heading or collecting seeds what I do now is feel the seed head and if there is a hardness to it depending on what the pod looks like about to burst or browned a bit then I collect the seedhead. This is how I tell if the seeds are ready or not. If the seedhead is soft and lower down on the branch if that makes sense then I cut off. The higher on the branch the fresher the blooms. And with this method I have gotten a lot of germination on collected seeds. And if the seeds are green they are not ripe.a tinge of green is ok but the more brown the better. Seeds collected from cut flowers don't usually have the chance to mature to proper stage. So it best not to try and collect from cut flowers.

Thanks, Ron. I believe it is a monogeneric plant. Heathen and Jerry, here's the site where I got my seeds from. Feel free to contact Jim West for seeds-he's great to deal with: http://www.ecuadorexplorer.com/guaycuyacu/fruits_1.html IMHO, $300.00 for this plant is utterly ridiculous, but I'm not sure if charging an inflated price is any worse than not willing to disclose a seed source. I have no qualms about sharing seed sources (and I can bet Jim West was also the seed source for this fellow). My philosophy is that if more people can avail of the rarer species, so much the better. Growing botanical rarities should be a truly democratic exercise, not the prerogative of a select few :-) ! Marcelo