Lycoris season 1
Adam Fikso (Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:56:11 PDT)

Re Lycoris squamigera and its sterile triploid status. Mutations could have
crept in over the years so that the sterility is not as complete as it was
originally, and not due merely to the diploid/triploid mismatch,. In
diploid irises, occasionally a pollen grain or ovum will be tetraploid
owing to a failure or lapse at meiosis, yielding an incomplete meiosis, with
subsequent readiness for fertility It could happen with Lycoris, no?

----- Original Message -----
From: "James Waddick" <jwaddick@kc.rr.com>
To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 11:08 AM
Subject: [pbs] Lycoris season 1

Dear Friends,
As I mentioned earlier, Lycoris season has begun here in Kansas City. I
was driving around a day ago and was surprised to see a few L. squamigera
in bloom. This is nearly the ONLY Lycoris you see in my area. My plants
have not put on a sign of a flower stalk yet. Hold that thought.

I have multiple patches of L. squamigera around my 1 acre garden. They
usually bloom within a few days of each other, but these new ones are
clearly jumping the schedule.

I can't help but wonder. Any thoughts? Jim W.

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Dr. James W. Waddick