Boophone disticha X Amarygia seed?
Adam Fikso (Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:48:26 PDT)

Fascinating picture. Can't think of an other white seeds except Navy beans

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From: "Ken" <kjblack@pacbell.net>
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Subject: [pbs] Boophone disticha X Amarygia seed?

Several of the fruits on one of my Boophone disticha, on which I used 2-yr
old frozen/saved pollen from a 2008 white X Amarygia bloom, have begun to
split, revealing white/opalescent seeds. In the past, I've only seen
Boophone disticha seeds that are green or greenish-yellow. I am speculating
that this may be an indication of a potentially successful cross. Of course,
growing these on to bloom will provide better indication of such. While this
inflorescence/infructescence is the same age as those of its neighboring 2
bulbs, its fruit seems to have developed more quickly than the others, on
which I used Boophone disticha pollen. I don't think these are quite 'ready'
yet as the fruit skin has not turned papery yet, as is usually the case with
Boophone.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/amarguy/4879809686/

Ken
San Diego
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