Hey Mike ... thanks for the response! Your note about capsule absorption seems right on ... and I got a chuckle out of your plant anthropomorphism! I am attaching two links to pics I shot today, displaying the varied lengths of pedicels. The first ... the pedicel lengths on a xBoopharyllis bloom: http://www.flickr.com/photos/amarguy/5002160129/ and on one of my xAmaryllis belladonna (most likely w/some Brunsvigia genes): http://www.flickr.com/photos/amarguy/5002159591/ An interesting experience with regard to the xBoopharyllis (Boophone disticha x Amaryllis belladonna) ... 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. So faux fertilization (is that a valid term?) and fruit formation ... seems to also affect pedicel length. BTW ... just today ... trying pollen from Nerine angulata on an xAmaryllis belladonna. I am hoping for seed despite your experice mentioned below! Ken Blackford San Diego --- On Sat, 9/18/10, Michael Mace <mikemace@att.net> wrote: Yes, I have seen the same things with my Amaryllis crosses. If you cross a flower with something that it really doesn't like, not only will the pedicel fail to elongate, but the plant will reabsorb the capsule, leaving a short flat pedicel with nothing at the end. It's as if the plant is saying, "that pollen was disgusting and I refuse to even pretend that I would set seed with it." This is what usually happens when I cross a Nerine sarniensis selection onto an Amaryllis. By the way, some of my Amaryllis selections seem to elongate more than others. A couple of them elongate a lot. This doesn't seem to correspond exactly to flower size, although it's probably fair to say that on average bigger flowers tend to elongate more. Also, flower heads that are one-sided when in bloom (the flowers all point in one direction) sometimes become more radial as the pedicels elongate. I have not seen elongation with the other amaryllids that have bloomed for me -- Nerines and Haemanthus. Mike San Jose, CA