Brunsvigia self sterility

Brunsvigia self sterility
Tim Harvey (Mon, 15 Nov 2010 21:12:19 PST)

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.

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.