Narad (Richard Eggenberger) wrote: > I would be most grateful > if I could receive bulbs of other species and hybrids that I can carry > to India when I return each year from late October to first March > during the best planting season. We would like to begin a hybridizing > program for the species for which I am especially fond as its > spiritual significance in the language of the flowers is "Prayer'. If > there are other bulbs that can adapt to this climate, 11 degrees north > of the equator, hot and humid, I would be most appreciative of your > suggestions. We do grow Crinum (only one or two varieties), Eurycles, > Eucharis, Polianthes, and one or two species of Amaryllis that can > withstand the intense heat of summer. > > Have you looked at the amazing Zephyranthes hybrids Fadjar Marta of Jakarta Indonesia has produced? I think the climate there is similar to yours. Plant Delights Nursery <http://www.plantdelights.com/> carries a number of them such as Bali Beauty, Batik, Copper Mine, Fantasy Island, Jakarta Jewel, Krakatau, Lydia Luckman, Moulin Rouge, Paul Niemi, South Pacific. There is also a website where many of his hybrids are pictured: <http://geocities.com/fadjar_z/Fadjar/…>. Yucca Do Nursery <http://www.yuccado.com/> also often carried a good selection of the species. I think many of the things both of these nurseries (esp. everything Yucca Do sells) carry would do just fine in your climate as well. Buried Treasures Nursery in Florida <http://www.buried-treasure.net/> carries all kinds of tropical bulbs. There are some other nurseries as well that I can't think of right now. There are a number of Hippeastrum from Brazil that might do well in you climate. Check out Mauro Peixoto's website (he sells seeds of many of the species on his website) <http://www.brazilplants.com/>. Also Greg Pettit who has a nursery on the warm humid east coast of South Africa might have a lot of suggestions too. Other genera to look for might include: Griffinia Hymenocallis Trimezia Neomarica Eucrosia Many of the Ginger genera (Zingiber, Alpinia, Burbidgea, Cautleya, Costus, Etlingera, Hedychium, Kaempferia) Canna Globba Curcuma Heliconia a few Lilium Gloriosa --Lee Poulsen Pasadena, California, USDA Zone 10a