In a message dated 7/3/12 1:58:35 PM, kimcmich@hotmail.com writes: > the peripheral, earlier-blooming flowers had better seed set than the > later blooming central flowers > With Narcissus tazetta and also the Amaryllis belladonna hybrids I notie that the upper florets in the cluster (first to open) are capable of FAR more seeds than the last to open. I have always assumed the later florets just have fewer ovules to work with. However, I have also noticed though that those last florets are virtually always the only ones receptive to outcrossing to other species such as Brunsvigia josephinae or Crinum moorei Best wishes, Bill the Bulb Baron (William R.P. Welch)