Allessandro: Since I purchased the bulb from Holland as x Brunsdonna, I cannot verify the cross. It certainly seems to have Amaryllis belladonna as one parent, but I'm open to other ideas for the second parent. Tony Avent Plant Delights Nursery @ Juniper Level Botanic Garden 9241 Sauls Road Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 USA Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F USDA Hardiness Zone 7b email tony@plantdelights.com website http://www.plantdelights.com/ phone 919 772-4794 fax 919 772-4752 "I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least three times" - Avent -----Original Message----- From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of alessandro.marinello Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 6:36 PM To: Pacific Bulb Society Subject: Re: [pbs] Brunsdonna flowering Tony From the form of the flower it seems not to be xBrunsdonna, but I can also mistake, you have produced you this crossing? Alessandro Marinello Padova Italy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Avent" <tony@plantdelights.com> To: "'Pacific Bulb Society'" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 12:49 PM Subject: [pbs] Brunsdonna flowering > PBSers: > > > > We had a nice surprise this week when our first ever xBrunsdonna > flowered.planted in 2005. I know this isn't big news for West Coast > gardeners, but with its winter growing foliage, I didn't expect that it > would ever build up enough energy to flower here, especially after such a > cold winter. I like this kind of surprises. > > http://www.plantdelights.com/gallery/Misc/?page=2 > > > > Tony Avent > Plant Delights Nursery @ > Juniper Level Botanic Garden > 9241 Sauls Road > Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 USA > Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F > Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F > USDA Hardiness Zone 7b > email tony@plantdelights.com > website http://www.plantdelights.com/ > phone 919 772-4794 > fax 919 772-4752 > "I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least > three > times" - Avent > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/