Tony; It has been alledged that the common red flowered Rhodolphiala across the south is a sterile triploid. Supposedly it is also a sturdier plant because of this. Do you see any of the red flowered forms setting seed and are they really different in vigor from the red-flowered plants that came from you pink flowered seed? --- Tony Avent <tony@plantdelights.com> wrote: > Diana: > > We got our original Rhodophiala bifida carmine pink > from seed sent in by > Alberto Castillo several years ago. Our original > plants set seed and we > now have about 750 flowering size 3-year old plants > in ground beds. > Most are exactly like the typical red R. bifida > except for some oddballs > with narrow petals, and some shorter than normal. > For us typical R. > bifida flowers in early-mid September. The first of > these carmine pink > seedlings flowered in late July-early > August...probably about 10 > plants. A few flowered in mid-August...probably > another 10 plants, and > the majority are just beginning to flower now. We > get a small > percentage of a stunning ruby-red flowered forms > from these seed also. > There is obviously a great deal of variability in > color, form, and bloom > time. Once again, a thanks to Alberto for sharing > these new genetics. > > > Tony Avent > Plant Delights Nursery @ > Juniper Level Botanic Garden > 9241 Sauls Road > Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 USA > Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F > Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F > USDA Hardiness Zone 7b > email tony@plantdelights.com > website http://www.plantdelights.com/ > phone 919 772-4794 > fax 919 772-4752 > "I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it > myself...at least three times" - Avent > > > > Diana Chapman wrote: > > Hi Lee: > > > > Yes mine do the same thing, although I have two > different clones of the pink > > R. bifida, and one has already bloomed, while the > other is just sending up > > buds. Honestly, I can't see why the pink one is > called R. bifida, since it > > seems quite a bit different from the red one in > form, being much smaller and > > daintier, tepals more pointed, striated, etc., but > I call it R. bifida Pink > > Form because everyone else does. The other clone > I have was collected from > > the Buenos Aires region and is also a slightly > darker pink - this is the one > > that blooms earlier. > > > > Diana > > Telos Rare Bulbs > > http://www.telosrarebulbs.com/ > > > > > >> Along with some oporanthous bulbs such as a > Lycoris x albiflora that is > >> slightly tinged with a hint of pink, and several > Amaryllis (or possibly > >> Amarygias) of various colors, I had all of my > pink Rhodophiala bifidas > >> bloom the past couple of weeks and none of the > red ones have bloomed > >> (yet), including those in a large pot of mixed > colors (reds and pinks) > >> from seeds I think Alberto Castillo sent out to a > BX a number of years > >> ago. Does anyone know why that might be? > >> (Especially since almost all of the pink ones > have now wilted, possibly > >> because of this ridiculous heat wave we've had > that ended this morning. > >> Yet there isn't even a sign of scape tips > emerging from the red > >> flowered ones. Thus, the red blooming will be > separated from the pink > >> blooming by a month or even more.) > >> > >> --Lee Poulsen > >> Pasadena, California, USDA Zone 10a > >> > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >