Hi Jim,
my own experience with Boophones is that they are generally self-sterile. I've made multiple attempts trying to self with no success. Pollen from another Boophone specimen ... or even another closely related Amaryllid (eg, Amaryllis belladonna, Brunsvigia species, perhaps others) seems to be needed for fertilization or even parthenogenesis to take place.
Ken BlackfordSan Diego
From: Jim Foster <fosterjp@cox.net>
To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Monday, June 20, 2016 11:41 AM
Subject: [pbs] Boophone seed
My flower dehisced this morning from my large bulb and I am wondering if
there is any seed. I removed the dead flowers but when I candled a few
of the seed pods I do not see any seed. Are these self-incompatible?
Is there any way to find out among the 50+ flowers if there is any seed
in the entire head?
Jim Foster
Santa Barbara
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