Ina - I have read that as well and it certainly is abundantly self-fertile, but have gotten some nice crosses with little effort and tweezers using Z. primulina as the seed parent and pollen from Z. grandiflora, Z. macrosiphon, and an unnamed hybrid. I have seen a lot of prolific listed as apomictic but it would not be likely that they were strictly that way. Alani On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 8:31 AM, Ina <klazina@orcon.net.nz> wrote: > Alani. I read somewhere that Z. primulina was supposed to be apomictic. > Nothing could be further from the truth. Promiscuous is a term which I > would think more suitable... > > Ina Crossley > Auckland New Zealand Zone 10 > > On 23/03/2013 1:20 a.m., Alani Davis wrote: > > Ina - > > That is an interesting one. Though it has a reputation otherwise, I > have > > found Zephyranthes primulina be a good seed parent. > > > > Alani Davis > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > -- Alani