Sternbergia
Ina Crossley (Tue, 11 May 2010 14:38:13 PDT)
Mine is the lutea variety, sorry, I forgot to mention that. It is such
a cheery bulb. And have been told they can be hard to get to flower,
but have had no problems with that.
And thanks Jim, I don't know anything about the triploid etc thing, but
did think it could be something like that. So will wait to see what Ben
has to add perhaps.
Jim McKenney wrote:
Ina wrote: " Carolyn mentioned that they never
set viable seed, which set me off wondering if it is possible at all.
As I have various Amarylid family bulbs, which can all be increased by
growing from seed, I find it strange that the Sternbergias set not one
seed. So am wondering why. And if it IS possible."
Ina, Sternbergia do set seed - or at least some of them do. From my personal
experience, I know that S. clusiana, S. greuteriana and S. sicula set viable
seed.
However, I have never heard of the big commercial form (the only form most
of us grow) of Sternbergia lutea setting seed. I've long suspected that this
is triploid or aneuploid, perhaps even of hybrid origin.
Perhaps Ben Zonneveld will add something to this.
Jim McKenney
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