----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Fikso" <irisman@ameritech.net> To: <pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 11:14 AM Subject: Lycoris squamigera > This hybrid is a sterile triploid (info from Jim Waddick) checked and > confirmed via other sources. I've been trying to set seed on it now for 5 > years using a number of finagles, e.g,various dilutions of 2-4D dissolved > and placed on the juncture of the pedicels below the ovaries. I get more > swollen ovaries that persist for a while and seem to have rudimentary > embryos in them, but , so far, nothing. . The large groups are indeed from > multiplication of offsets, often 20-50 years old in the gardens of older > houses way up into zones 3 and 4. > > Large bulbs can get to be about 5" in diameter, and they are often quite > crowded in the older plantings. Indeed, give them full sun,or as much as > you can-- and clay soil and winter wet or freezing is no problem > whatsoever. > > Adam in Glenview, Z 5a