Dear Joyce, Thank you for the message on Hippeastrum calyptratum. I have a good potful of mature bulbs but only one had flowered some time ago and I did hand-pollinate it but no seed was set. The plants look very good, though so I am hoping for at least two flowers opening and then hopefully I will have seed. I had the plant indoors when it flowered and it took some time to realize that this strange smell in my house came from its flowers. Almost revolting from close by, It must be bat pollinated. In the meantime there was a good harvest of seed of Hippeastrum cybister and my own seed made a 100% germination floating in water. The seed is planted now and makes good dark green leaves. Unfortunately most of this seed was lost in the mail as I had sent it to the BX, it never reached. This is the first time ever to happen since I send seed or bulbs around the world. We seem to have a lot of problems with letters getting lost or being returned for no obvious reasons at present here in Germany, there are more things that did not arrive...... After this a Hippeastrum species has flowered with two long narrow greenish-yellowish white elegant trumpets and they have set seed, it seems so at least. If it works, I will send it to the BX....... Bye for now, Uli