Those "pods" are really fruits that turn bright red and soften at the point seeds are ripe. I doubt your will ripen, but who knows! Give it a try. Worst thing is that they don't work... Or that you go back in a few weeks in search of ripe seed. Love to see photos of those plants. The sound enormous! On Sep 20, 2011, at 1:43 AM, Roy Herold wrote: > I just collected some Scadoxus seeds, probably puniceus, this morning in > South Africa. They were in the coastal woods near Durban, and look to > have finished blooming about a month ago. These are huge, vigorous > plants, with flowers over 150mm in diameter > > The pods are bright green and about 8-10mm in diameter. Is there any > hope these seeds are mature enough to be viable? If so, they will go to > Dell once I get back home. > > We also saw some beautiful Scadoxus in full bloom in burned areas in the > Natal Midlands yesterday at 1200m. Probably more puniceus. There were > blooming Boophone disticha and Cyrtanthus tuckii in the same area. > > Sorry to be so clueless about the scadoxus--all new to me... > > --Roy > La Lucia, South Africa this morning, Cape Town this afternoon, and NW of > Boston on Thursday. > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >