Crinum x powellii
Jim Lykos (Sun, 24 Oct 2004 17:52:31 PDT)
Hi Jim,
Yes I have seen two large /tall pink forms of Crinum x powellii set
seed - in fact one of them very plentifully. Both were seen growing
in botanically gardens at Adelaide and in Christchurch New Zealand and
were staged along the banks of lakes/large ponds.
I'm not sure if the wet growing conditions are an additional factor -
but I suspect that they are from a C. moorei x C. bulbispernum cross,
and not a C. bulbispernum x moorei cross which are more commonly found
and appear infertile. They are both particulary tall plants from 5 to
6 feet high, had formed large clumps and given their robustness were
probably tetraploidal.
Every flower in the cultivar at Adelaide appeared to have set seeds.
Jim Lykos
Springwood - Sydney
Australia
James Waddick wrote:
Dear all;
I had an abundance of bloom on Crinum x powellii this spring and
summer. I dabbed pollen indiscriminately on many flowers from C.
bulbispermum (mostly) and other powellii-types. Of the potentially
hundreds of such dabbings I got 5 small seeds. Of these two have
germinated to the 2 leaf stage. One other has put out a root, but is
sitting there.
Has anyone else ever had an x powellii set fertile seed?
I plan on wintering them indoors, frost free.
Very curious. Jim W.