Anita and all, I've never grown Lycoris from seed, but I've had a few volunteer seedlings appear in plantings of L. chinensis and L. longituba. I'm sure there will be some open pollinated seeds this year, if it is like most years, on my chinensis and/or longituba. I'd be happy to send you some. Send me your address (off list to jim@shieldsgardens.com) if you want some. Plant the Lycoris seeds outdoors in the ground immediately -- these are quite hardy here in central Indiana -- in open shade. Be prepared to wait 5 to 10 years for blooms, according to what I've read. Best regards, Jim Shields At 10:25 PM 8/14/2009 -0700, you wrote: >Somewhere in the Lycoris literature, someone mentioned that cutting the L. >squam. bloom stalks and hanging them up (rarely) induced seed formation. >How long after the flower petals fade away is this done? > >Yes, I do understand that L. squam. is a sterile triploid (I've had college >level Genetics), BUT I'm curious to see what happens--if anything. >And if seed is by some miracle produced, what then? Grow them in agar via >sterile tissue culture? >[Hey, winter will be here before you know it, and I'm a housewife who has >plenty of time on her hands during winter.] > >Thanks, >Anita Clyburn >Terre Haute. Indiana >Zone 5B and the clay soil is rapidly becoming hard as bricks around here. > > >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ ************************************************* 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