Speaking of Brunsvigia....
J.E. Shields (Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:06:29 PST)

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:

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