Tim: The Texas clone, which has been named R. bifida 'Hill Country Red', was self-sterile for us, but sets seed just find when grown near other clones. 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 Tim Chapman Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2012 6:33 AM To: Pacific Bulb Society Subject: Re: [pbs] re Phodophiala bifida or Oxblood Lily > > . > > However no luck crossing it (or wild bifida, for that matter)) with Chilean > species such as R. advena. Anyone else have luck with that? > Haven't been following this thread earlier, but isn't the Texas form a triploid? That certainly would explain lack of seed production when selfed. Does anybody know the ploidy level of the Texas form X wild bifida crosses? Tim Chapman