In fact, most of the rainlilies I have gotten as seeds from seed exchanges have turne4d out to be Habranthus tubispathus. Jim Shields At 11:35 AM 11/22/2013 +0000, Alberto wrote: >Brian, something odd is that Habranthus tubispathus is so robust and easy >to grow that it would seed around in pots and growers distribute its seed >under the name of other desirable species (long gone9. Not that >tubispathus is not stunning in some of its form but it should be grown in >a completely different section of the collection where no other rainlily >is present. > > > > > > And of all the plants I have ever grown from seed or bulbs, when they > flower, they are not what you were anticipating from the supplied name. > > > > Brian Whyer, Buckinghamshire, England, zone ~8 (first frosts of the winter) > > ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Lat. 40° 02.8' N, Long. 086° 06.6' W