If you are a species purist, you should cover your eyes and move on to the next message. Several years ago I got ambitious and tried making several Lachenalia hybrid crosses. They're very difficult to do because many Lachenalia flowers are tubes with all the reproductive parts hidden inside. To make a cross you have to dissect the flower and remove the anthers, without letting them drop any pollen on the stigma. It would be a tricky task at any angle, but imagine doing it when lying on the ground sideways so you can get close to the flower. Anyway, one of the crosses set seed, and they just bloomed for the first time. It's Lachenalia viridiflora x L. aloides aloides (L. tricolor). L. viridifora is an amazing translucent turquoise color, while L. aloides is yellow-orange with magenta tips. Cross the two and you get something pretty weird: turquoise shoulders, lemon yellow tube, and magenta tips. You can see some photos here: http://growingcoolplants.blogspot.com/2013/01/… Mike San Jose, CA