Josh, they already are in the wiki. It is difficult to find something that is not already in the wiki. Despite their beauty I am concerned that pure seed can not be distributed with any certainty. Best > Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 11:51:07 -0700 > From: joshy46013@yahoo.com > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > Subject: Re: [pbs] Tritonia hybridizing OT > > Alberto, > > I would love to see pictures of your hybrid Tritonias if you don't mind! > > Josh > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Alberto Castillo <ezeizabotgard@hotmail.com> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Sent: Mon, November 1, 2010 2:49:22 PM > Subject: [pbs] Tritonia hybridizing OT > > > Dear all: > > This is OT but I wanted to bring your attention to this. It has > been mentioned in the wiki in the past but it seems to be more problematic than > previously thought of. > > > Winter growing Tritonias are mostly easy to flower, dependable > cormous plants that are in bloom at the end of the season (except for one or two > spp.) when most other SA winter growers are setting seed or already dormant. We > grow here several species and they are lovely and undemanding. BUT, recently a > large batch of Tritonia dubia seed has flowered and what a mess it is. They were > seed from our own Tritonia dubia, therefore no doubt about the origin of the > parent plants. Very few look like pure dubia, many superficially resemble deusta > and yet others look like crocata in several shades of deep salmon and scarlet > orange. All are great garden plants and flower freely even tho this is their > first season but it is evident a lot of care must be take to ensure that the > seed is pure. As it goes it seems the bees have stirred it up a good deal and > our aim is to distribute pure species not a swarm of hybrids, pretty as they may > be. > > > > Best > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/