Your photos are excellent, Ken. You have a much more diverse collection than I do, and it's always interesting to drop in on your photo stream and see what unusual thing you have blooming at the moment. Judging from the pictures, you're also a lot better at weed control than I am. >>if I attempt to pollinate ... fruit will form ... but in the past 4 years has never produced any seed leading me to believe them to be sterile.? If I make no attempt to pollinate ... no fruit forms whatsoever.? Interesting. I haven't seen that one, but then I don't yet have any mature Boophohones to play with. I have seen similar effects in Moraeas, where some crosses will produce a seed pod but no seeds. I think I vaguely remember reading that when fertilization happens, some of the genetic material goes into creating the capsule and some goes into the seed itself. Or did I just imagine that? I'm wondering if maybe the pollen is compatible enough to make a capsule but not a seed. Just wild speculation from an amateur, but maybe one of the botanists on the list could comment... >>BTW ... just today ... trying pollen from Nerine angulata on an xAmaryllis belladonna.? I am hoping for seed despite your experice mentioned below! Go for it. I've been told that even crosses with N. sarniensis are possible "if you know which ones to cross." Please come back and say if the cross worked (and what the seeds look like). Mike San Jose, CA