Mary Sue, a smart-looking plant you have there! I think we need to see more of this type of hybridizing. A good cross to add to the seed wish-list. Good work! Jamie V. Cologne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Sue Ittner" <msittner@mcn.org> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 7:00 AM Subject: [pbs] Was Intergeneric Hybrids -- Now xHippeastrelia > Dear Jim and Jamie, > > Thanks for your help. I can see it is a very complex issue. I shouldn't > think I'd need to register my nice plant from Bill's seed as I just plan to > enjoy it. But I wasn't sure what to call it on the wiki. xHippeastrelia > unnamed or Hippeastrum hybrid x Sprekelia formosissima > The created name for the cross is made up of most of the letters in > Hippeastrum, but when I first saw mine I thought Sprekelia with fat tepals. > > I created a page for it and Lee Poulsen says he has a picture to add to > that page as well. > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… > > Bill wrote that he used a dwarf red Hippeastrum hybrid in the cross. The > bloom is about 26 cm. tall, a nice height I think. > > Mary Sue > > Mary Sue Ittner > California's North Coast > Wet mild winters with occasional frost > Dry mild summers > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >