FW: BX 52 (variegated dietes) and albino seed???
Greg Pettit (Wed, 17 Dec 2003 05:44:02 PST)

Greetings,

In 1995 I was given some of the Dietes grandiflora mention in this BX (or in
any event some very close to the description). I had high hopes of getting
something from the 200 plus seeds Andersons in San Diego also passed along.
Sure enough, almost all the seeds sprouted. EVERY single one was
yellow-white, lasted about 8 weeks and then died of starvation(?). Every
year since then I have diligently planted all the seeds produced, every year
the same result! I am contemplating crossing it with a plain green D.
grandiflora and see if I can bring the stripes across.

I also have about 10,000 variegated Tulbaghia fragrens but they have never
set one seed. The other species of Tulbaghia ( including fragrens) growing
alongside them always set seed but no variegation has jumped across.

My variegated Haemanthus albiflos set seeds, I took them to the PMB
university but they successfully managed to destroy my mother plant and
every single seed. All I have left is fond memories and an excellent
photograph.

I had a fairly decent variegated Amaryllis belladonna but I gave it to a
friend of Harold K. when he came to see me a few years ago (it would not
flower in sunny Durban).

I now have 3 good to excellent variegated Cyrtanthus hybrids. One has a
lovely yellow stripe through the middle of the leaves and the other 2 have
stripes on the edge. I am waiting for suckers to appear before I move it in
to the lab.

Regards
Greg
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From: "Jamie" <jamievande@freenet.de>
To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 4:10 PM
Subject: Re: [pbs] FW: BX 52 (variegated dietes)

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