Tony - I got a chance to grow Zephyranthes flavissima from wild collected seed but they were not particularly unique different. I go them to flower a couple years but have since lost the group Alani Davis On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 1:33 PM, Tony Avent <Tony@plantdelights.com> wrote: > Very interesting about Zephyranthes flavissima. There seems to be only > one clone in commerce (no idea where it originated), and it is a poor > performer and never sets viable seed. Do you know of any one that has > grown this from seed and if there is much variability to the seedlings? > > Tony Avent > Plant Delights Nursery @ > Juniper Level Botanic Garden > 9241 Sauls Road > Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 USA > Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F > Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F > USDA Hardiness Zone 7b > email tony@plantdelights.com > website http://www.plantdelights.com/ > phone 919 772-4794 > fax 919 772-4752 > "I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least > three times" - Avent > -----Original Message----- > From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] > On Behalf Of Alberto Castillo > Sent: Monday, October 14, 2013 12:47 PM > To: Pacific Bulb Society > Subject: Re: [pbs] Hardiness of Zephyranthes foliage > > Zephyranthes flavissima in the wild used to grow in the equivalent of zone > 10 citrus belt. Z. grandiflora is from zone 10 in Mexico. Bulb hardiness > depends on wether the pots are in a plunge bed or exposed to cold air. > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > -- Alani