Nerine/Lycoris-I'm so confused!
totototo@telus.net (Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:29:29 PST)

Referring to the key to genera in the Amaryllidaceae in "The European
Garden Flora", Vol. I, p. 293, we find that the essential difference
between Lycoris and Nerine is:

27 a "ovules 1-3 in each cell of the ovary"

Griffinia, Lycoris, Haemanthus, and Scadoxus

27 b "ovules 4 or more in each cell of the ovary"

Crinum, Clivia, Brunsvigia, Nerine, and Amaryllis

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Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Maritime Zone 8, a cool Mediterranean climate

on beautiful Vancouver Island