Phodophiala bifida or Oxblood Lily
Tony Avent (Sun, 12 Aug 2012 04:16:26 PDT)
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.
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-----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
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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