Hi all, I have seeds ripening on Haemanthus albiflos pollinated with H. humilis hirsutus, which happened to be blooming at exactly the same time. I've already mentioned that I had at that time pollinated the H. humilis hirsutus with fresh pollen of H. coccineus. Those seeds ripened about a month ago and are now growing under lights. There were only 2 or 3 seeds per berry in the [humilis hirsutus X coccineus] berries, but these berries of [albiflos X humilis hirsutus] are running 4 or 5 seeds per berry. Since the bloom on the H. humilis hirsutus parent was white, I suppose the eventual blooms on these kids will also be white. Does anyone know of this cross having been made before? I can't help wondering what the hybrid plants will someday look like. What can I expect in bloom time -- 4 to 6 years away? Regards, Jim Shields in central Indiana, where we may get some new snow tomorrow night ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Tel. +1-317-896-3925 Member of INTERNATIONAL CLIVIA CO-OP