The free-swimming, haploid gametes form a diploid zygote which germinates into a multicellular diploid sporophyte. The resulting zygote germinates into a resting spore. The stigma receives pollen and it is on the stigma that the pollen grain germinates. Propagation is from seed, which germinates readily. Fresh seed germinates readily but it loses viability in storage. Propagation is from seed, which readily germinates after boiling water treatment, or from cuttings. Under suitable conditions the spore germinates to produce a vital bacterium. In this mechanism, self pollen germinates and reaches the ovules, but no fruit is set. Their reproduction relies on the winter rainfall, which germinates the grasses. "E. camaldulensis" readily germinates from both fresh seed and seed stored in cool dry conditions. Infections begin when a spore lands on the plant surface, germinates, and invades its host. The seed germinates readily, but has a short viable life. It germinates rapidly even in very small amounts of moisture in arid conditions. Seed germinates in 12 to 18 months. It germinates in the spring, and flowers in the summer.