Hi John I have experimented with intergeneric crosses between Amarygia/Amaryllis, Crinum sp and Brunsvigia sp. I have found that it is possible to breed Amaricrinum hybrids using 9 Crinum species to date. Some crosses are difficult and in almost all cases the cross is only successful if the Crinum sp. is the pollen parent. - Amarygia (Brunsdonna) that are from F2..F3..F4 generations are the most fertile and some are good seed parents for crosses with Crinums and Brunsvigia's. Crinum x Brunsvigias can set some seed but most of the meager seed produced are small and lack vigour and the seedlings usually die in the first or second seasons. The F1 seedlings from Brunsdonna/Amarygia and Brunsvigia species tend to be infertile and but some can be backcrossed with F2...F4 Amarygia and Amaryllis. I have had on the other hand no success with sibling back crosses of these F1 hybrids. Thus far I have flowered Amarygia x Brunsvigia both ways with B. littoralis, josephinea and marginata - the floral colours are very similar but the floral shapes are dominated by the Brunsvigia species involved. I'm looking forward to trying intergeneric crosses with B. bosmaniae and B. radulosa when they finally flower. Once we have been able to flower genera such as Ammocharis, Hessea, Crossyne and Cybistetes, we should find that most of these will form hybrids with Amarygia/Amaryllis and of course some with Crinum spp. Cheers Jim Blue Mountains Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Floral Architecture" <john@floralarchitecture.com> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 2:40 AM Subject: [pbs] Intergeneric hybrids So, I have some of the Brunsdonnas from the PBS distribution years ago. And I have to say, more and more flower each year and amaze me. This year, with inspiration from Ken's photos of his Boopharyllis, I have put pollen from my Boophane onto these plants. And just yesterday for the heck of it, I put pollen from a Crinum moorei on another plant. Do I have any chance of these hybrids taking? Are others making crosses with these 4 genera? Am I just fooling myself that I could get these even bigger and better? I did do crosses with Brunvigia littoralis pollen on them as well. John Ingram in Camarillo, CA, between Santa Barbara and L.A. http://www.floralarchitecture.com/ "Your Clivia Connection" New number >>> 805.914.9505 (cell, west coast time, please call accordingly. Thank you) _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/