Crinums
J.E. Shields (Thu, 25 Aug 2005 06:17:22 PDT)

Hi all,

Yesterday I received some really neat crinums in a swap. A beautiful big
C. jagus var. vanillodoratum, a tiny seeding of C. album (a.k.a. yemense),
and some named varieties or hybrids like "Improved Peachblow" and
x-digweedii "Gonzales" among others.

Now I'm still looking for bulbs, seedlings, or seeds of the species C.
abyssinicum. Before Les Hannibal died, I received two large bulbs of C.
abyssinicum from him. Unfortunately, when they leafed out, they both
turned out to be heavily infected with a mosaic virus. I disposed of them
before the rest of my collection could become infected.

Does anyone know of anyone having C. abyssinicum? I want the straight
species, no hybrids. I want to use the abyssinicum in my own hybridizing
program, so they need to be fertile.

Best regards,
Jim Shields
in central Indiana (USA)

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