Haemanthus deformis seeds

Kenneth Preteroti k.preteroti@verizon.net
Tue, 21 Apr 2015 06:25:19 PDT
Kipp I or rather my son harvested the seed bulbs. The two smaller berries had one seed while the larger of the two had two seed. They are quite large the size of a pea. 

Ken P
Old Bridge, NJ
Zone 6 b

> On Apr 8, 2015, at 12:15 AM, Kipp McMichael <kimcmich@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Ken,
>  I managed to send this to wrong thread earlier - so here it is again in a sensical context:
> Pluck, clean & plant now - no need to wait. That orange color change is to announce a ripe berry to whatever forest creature(s) the plant apparently relies upon for seed dispersal.
> -|<ipp
> 
>> From: k.preteroti@verizon.net
>> Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2015 20:31:32 -0400
>> To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org
>> Subject: [pbs] Haemanthus deformis seeds
>> 
>> Back in November of 2014 my Haemanthus deformis was beginning to flower. I asked if this species is self fertile or requires a buddy. The consensus was a buddy was needed. Alas I had only one plant. Tim Eck came to the rescue and mailed me pollen. I did my best bee imitation and produced three green firm berries about the size of a peanut M&M. Now my green M&Ms are orange to a red orange and are getting soft. I have the following question: Would you wait for the berries to fall off and then clean them up and plant them or should I pluck the berries now, clean them and plant them?
>> 
>> Ken P
>> Old Bridge, NJ
>> Zone 6b
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