Dear All: I haven't seen too many hybrids on my wanderings, except for hybrids between C. luteus and C. superbus. These are extremely common where their ranges overlap. I grew a large pot full of hybrid bulbs from one seed pod from a wild hybrid (these are not sterile, obviously), and the color range was amazing - all shades of white through cream, pale yellow to deep yellow. Diana ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Sue Ittner" <msittner@mcn.org> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 5:36 PM Subject: Re: [pbs] Calochortus Hybrids > Dear All, > > A number of years ago Mike Mace tried to create hybrids between the > different groups. I think he reported that when they bloomed, they didn't > look like hybrids, but like one of the species. Mike, if you are paying > attention to this discussion, can you comment. > > I was amused to just see that Bob Werra's post was just rejected by a > Queensland email program because it "was found to contain inappropriate > content". This email program has also rejected a number of Jim McKenney's > posts so apparently has a high standard for acceptable language. > > Perhaps it is the common name of C. tolmiei that is the problem? I guess we > need to stick to cat's ears. > > Mary Sue > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php