I hope Marcelle's recovery continues rapidly and uneventfully and that I am
at my computer when the Jumbo's seeds come to the PBX.
Shirley Meneice
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From: <ConroeJoe@aol.com>
To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 3:59 PM
Subject: [pbs] Crinum seeds, Jumbos
Hi Gang,
I'm happy to report that Marcelle Sheppard has provided a very large amount
of hybrid Crinum seed that I will send to the PBX.
I visited with Marcelle Sheppard last weekend, and while she has a bumper
crop of seeds from many C. bulbispermum-Jumbo-type plants, she was unable to
sort
them or categorize them by "color of the seed parent," etc. However, she's
been recovering well enough from her accident last year and has been out in
the
garden with a helper. She did collect seeds from outstanding parents and set
those aside, and she discarded seeds from plants that have not proven to
provide good seedlings.
All of the seeds are open pollinated; thus, most will have Jumbos as other
parents but a few could perhaps have other parentage as well. At this stage
in
their evolution the Jumbos can throw off anything from dark, solid,
rose-pink
flowers, to flowers that are nearly white or all-white. Some are charmingly
like C. x herbertii and others are dark striped on pink. If you get these
seeds you'll just have to grow them out to see what is what. Many have
blue-green
foliage, but some come up with shiny green leaves.
Marcelle provided a lot of seed.
LINK: C. bulbispermum Jumbos
http://crinum.iconx.com/html/…
Cordially,
Joe
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