Ken: I'm awestruck! Very interesting and beautiful. Are you saying that all the progeny are sterile, or just the one that looks very similar to A. belladonna in flower structure? I find your last link to be quite different from the other specimen. Seems strange the forms would be so different, and I would more expect the last form than the first. I'm assuming, with such an exposed bulb, this would be a tender hybrid? Mr. Kelly M. Irvin 10850 Hodge Ln Gravette, AR 72736 USA 479-787-9958 USDA Cold Hardiness Zone 6a/b http://www.irvincentral.com/ Ken wrote: > I have a question for the experts .... these crosses between > Boophone disticha (seed parent) and Amaryllis belladonna (pollen parent) seem to be sterile as it appears again this year the ovaries/pods which swell are full of nothing but air. I have had a total of 8 scapes this year and nothing ... yet. > > Could the pollen off this hybrid be fertile? > > I've been brushing its pollen on hybrid A.belladonnas (with Brunsvigia heritage) and it appears seed is developing. I also did this last year and a lot of seed developed which seemed a bit larger than normal A.belladonna seed, but germinated well and otherwise look like normal A.belladonna seedlings. > > Here are a couple links to shots of this x'Boopharyllis' ... > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/amarguy/2718943764/ > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/amarguy/2713270134/ > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/amarguy/2742635323/ > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/amarguy/2755219211/ > > Ken > San Diego > zone 10 > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > >