Most definitely some rain lilies are apomictic. As I have found since hybridising them. Do you know if that book mentioned which ones were apomictic, Jim? So far I have found no list of which are or aren't. I have a short list myself, from experience and bits read in different articles, but would love to know more about which are and which aren't. Ina Crossley Auckland New Zealand On 16/09/2011 5:18 a.m., J.E. Shields wrote: > Some rain lilies are also supposed to be apomictic. I think the Grants did > a study on parthenogenic "species" in the rain lilies about 20 or 30 years > ago. They wrote a book on plant speciation that mentioned it, as far as I > can recall.... > > Jim Shields > > At 08:10 AM 9/15/2011 -0700, you wrote: >> ......... >> I have no idea if any of the geophytes this mailing list focuses on are >> apomictic, however. Perhaps the more botanically minded subscribers can >> enlighten us? >> >> Rodger Whitlock >> Victoria, British Columbia, Canada > ************************************************* > Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 > P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ > Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA > Lat. 40° 02.8' N, Long. 086° 06.6' W > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >