Sparaxis
Mary Sue Ittner (Wed, 11 Jun 2003 09:24:51 PDT)

Dear All,

Because I was giving seed to the BX and will be giving more soon of
Sparaxis I created a Sparaxis page. Most of these were blooming in my
garden in March and April. I was very sad to discover more than a year ago
that the pretty markings in my Sparaxis meant they were virused. In spite
of being virused they were good bloomers and increasing well. I have tried
to dig out all the ones I thought could be virused even if they didn't show
any signs of it. All the ones in the pictures on the Wiki were grown from
seed in the last couple of years. Many of them bloom in the second year
from seed. Sparaxis aren't long bloomers (they have a couple of weeks of
glory), but I think they are really charming and some of the combinations
you get when you grow seed that is open pollinated are delightful.

http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…

Mary Sue