I don't know if this helps at all but in my research I found out that Bomarea and Alstromeria DNA is indeed different. That is to say Bomarea has x=9 whereas Alstromeria has x=8. The reseach I read said that 3 of the 4 subgenus of Bomarea all had x=9 so it was expected the 4th to also be the same. Nan I am curious where you got your plant from. Would you mind telling me offline as I always want to grow another one:) Bea ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Harvey" <zigur@hotmail.com> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 1:52 PM Subject: Re: [pbs] Alstroemeria x bomarea > > I do not believe the chromosome count is an absolute barrier as you > suggest. After all, horses and donkeys are different (32 and 31 pairs, > respectively). > > T> From: rarebulbs@suddenlink.net> To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Date: Sun, > 26 Oct 2008 13:45:24 -0700> Subject: Re: [pbs] Alstroemeria x bomarea> > > The chromosome count in Bomarea and Alstroemeria would make them > > incompatible as far as crossing them is concerned, and the chromosomes > have > other differences, those of Alstroemeria being much larger with > more DNA > than Bomarea. Therefore .... it isn't a hybrid. My guess is > that it is B. > hirtella, the most adaptable of the Bomareas found in > commerce, especially > from the coral color of the outer tepals, and that > it was in bloom in (I > presume) a small container. All the other Bomareas > I grow need a large pot > to bloom at all (2gal minimum, 5gal better). > They probably tacked on > 'alstroemeria' to the name because most people > know what an Alstromeria > looks like, but wouldn't recognize the name > 'Bomarea'.> > Diana> Telos Rare Bulbs> http://www.telosrarebulbs.com/> ----- > Original Message ----- > From: "N Sterman" <TalkingPoints@Pl > antSoup.Com>> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>> Sent: > Sunday, October 26, 2008 1:36 PM> Subject: [pbs] Alstroemeria x bomarea> > > > >I recently purchased a plant labeled Alstroemeria x Bomarea (or maybe> > > Bomarea x Alstroemeria) from a nursery in Eugene. Its foliage looks> > > very Alstreomeria like but a bit more blue-green than green. Flowers> > > were just opening when I got it and were tubular coral -> > unfortunately, > they disappeared in the week-long journey it took for> > the plant to make > it from Portland to So California via UPS (I didn't> > have a choice but > to have someone else ship it and the folks who> > packed it did a lousy > job).> >> > I don't find mention of this intergeneric hybrid in the PBS > wiki or in> > the archives - does anyone recall seeing a discussion about > it? Or> > know anything about it? I'm wondering about where to plant it > and> > what to expect it to do once it is in the ground....> >> > Thanks!> > >> > Nan> >> > ____________________ > ___________________________> 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/ > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.549 / Virus Database: 270.8.3/1747 - Release Date: 10/26/2008 > 9:27 AM > >