Dear All; Speaking of hybrids, I have a hybrid of Calochortus amabilis and C. tolmei growing on my hillside coming back regularly for years. Also have what appears to be a hybrid of Calochortus monophylus and ?C. umbellatus? They are interesting, but not exciting. I will send images to Mary Sue. Sincerely Bob Werra --- Jane McGary <janemcgary@earthlink.net> wrote: > I seem to have some hybrids among California > Fritillaria species raised > from home-grown seed. I would post pictures of them > on the wiki if I knew > how to sign in, but I have not tried to post > anything since it changed, and > apparently I need a password which I do not know, or > else I don't know > exactly how to enter my user name. > > Anyway, I apologize if anyone has grown plants from > my garden seeds of > Fritillaria purdyi and/or Fritillaria biflora, and > now has seedlings in > flower that don't look like what they are supposed > to be. It appears that > both groups of plants produced at least a few hybrid > seeds. The one with F. > purdyi as a seed parent is quite large, flowering > probably 2 years before > the other seedlings in its group, with 10 flowers on > a stout stem -- > impressive! -- but the flowers have a greenish > ground color rather than the > creamy white of F. purdyi, though they are marked > like that species. The > ones with F. biflora as a seed parent are similar, > but smaller, with only 2 > or 3 flowers per stem on first flowering; they have > typical purdyi > checkering rather than the "tips and stripes" of > biflora. Some apparently > pure biflora seedlings are flowering in the same > group. > > I will search around and see if I can find out how > to access the wiki > during the next few days, to show these interesting > plants. Interesting but > disappointing to some, no doubt, because biflora is > dead common and purdyi > is much sought after. > > Jane McGary > Northwestern Oregon > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >