Crinum ..., amaryllis belladonna pollenation

Brian Whyer brian.whyer@which.net
Tue, 30 Dec 2003 09:09:44 PST
Hi David

I had a few seeds from a single head of Amaryllis belladonna last
autumn, since germinated, and now have 3 additional young plants, Am I
correct in thinking this was self fertilised or should I be trying to
remember what was around at the same time. It could only have been a
nerine?

Brian Whyer, zone 8'ish, Buckinghamshire, England

> Yes they do produce pollen and I've used them as pollen donors to
fertilise
> Amaryllis belladonna; fertile seed is produced and I've a few plants
here,
> however I still have to flower them to make absolutely sure, I'm sure
> they'll turn out x Amarcrinum.


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