Hi Jim W. and all, I don't know much of anything about Brunsvigia; but I did see, some 25-30 years ago, some wide intergeneric hybrids in the Amaryllidaceae. They were all produced by embryo rescue. The plants looked vaguely distorted, both leaves and flowers. One I recall was Crinum X Hippeastrum. That work was done by Margot Williams at a USDA experimental station outside Washington DC in the 1970s. I would have to say that, without documentation proving the bigeneric nature of the plant (chromosomes, DNA, how was it produced?), we should assume it is NOT an intergeneric plant. Plants that are self-fertile or prone to apomixis can easily produce seeds that do not contain exogenous DNA. Clivia are notorious for producing so-called Clivia-Lycoris hybrids, that look just like Clivia. I'd take all such claims with a carload of salt until the claimant produces scientific evidence. Wishful thinking can lead to abundant self-delusion otherwise. Best wishes, Jim Shields in central Indiana (USA) At 08:17 AM 12/13/2007 -0600, you wrote: >Dear Friends and Brunsvigia experts of all sorts, > > This picture of a 'Brunslycori' from a Japanese nursery is >very interesting, but I doubt its authenticity. > > http://www.komoriya.co.jp/brunslycori.html > > As a primary hybrid between two very distinct genera, I see >NO HINT of Lycoris in this flower head. ..... ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA