I had a variegated NoID generate some "bee" seeds this year so I thought I would try growing some from seed.
At first I didn't succeed in sprouting them laying on a damp paper towel in a ziplock in the closet [following some advice in this forum
]...nothing after two weeks when I checked.
So, I folded the towel over and when I checked after Christmas, another few days, I had about 10 with rudimentary roots and leaves. So I saved the 9 most advanced...4 growing in yogurt cups and 5 growing in a large butter tub all in seed starter. Amazingly the leaves are greening up and I haven't killed any yet.