Brunsvigia self sterility
arnold140@verizon.net (Tue, 16 Nov 2010 04:07:57 PST)
Doryanthes is in Doryanthaceae
Only one genus.
Arnold
Nov 16, 2010 12:12:26 AM, pbs@lists.ibiblio.org wrote:
Jim's answer has me wondering - what is the best test for the occurence of apomixy? I frequently see many presumed instances of self-pollination, but never any proof, or even consideration of potential apomixy. This is a general botanical question, not limited to geophytes.
I'm not sure Doryanthes are in the Agavaceae either.
T
capsules producing one or two seeds
were produced by Apomixis, I tested this out in a subsequent year by using
the pollen of a real outlier Doryanthes exsela a massive Agavaceae from
Australia known as the Gymea lily. I managed to get one to two seeds from
each Brunsvigia flower polinated by Doryanthes - but the seeds were all
Brunsvigia josephinea.