I have laticoma x krigei. The seedlings have been up about a month and are growing well. The reverse only produced a few small seeds, and these did not germinate. Tom Glavich in Southern California ________________________________ From: J.E. Shields <jshields104@comcast.net> To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Monday, December 1, 2008 6:32:54 AM Subject: [pbs] Nerine Hybrids Hi all, My Nerine bowdenii and N. sarniensis have just about finished blooming. I was wondering if anyone here knows whether hybrids between bowdenii and sarniensis have ever been made? I bought one small collection of the Smithers-Rothschild sarniensis hybrids from Nicholas de Rothschild this past spring, and 4 of the 7 bulbs have bloomed or are about to bloom. I also have N. bowdenii 'Nikita' in bloom; this one is a nice light pink color on a typical bowdenii flower. So I took some pollen from bowdenii 'Nikita' and put it on a couple flowers of sarniensis 'Kofranek', which is also a nice very light pink color. Since there were several sarniensis hybrids in bloom together, I'm not sure who the pollen parent will have been if I get seeds on the 'Kofranek'. I've also applied some of the 'Kofranek' pollen to 'Nikita'. Wish me luck! I've never gotten seeds formed from pollinating bowdenii X krigei or the reverse, nor from laticoma x krigei nor the reverse. Has anyone here gotten other interspecific hybrids in Nerine? I'd like to hear about it. Jim Shields in chilly central Indiana (USA), where it is snowing lightly ************************************************* 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 _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/