Diana - if you are in the United States, would you be interested in selling a bulb or offwet of Hippeastrum evansiae? I would very much like to grow it and other Hippeastrum species. Thanks Mark Zukaitis > Date: Thu, 7 May 2015 08:03:38 -0700 > From: rarebulbs@suddenlink.net > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > Subject: Re: [pbs] Can hippeastrum evansiae produce h.evansiae seed? (Rick Buell ) > > I have two clones. One which used to be called H. anzaldoi which comes > from Bolivia, and another (the one usually in circulation) from Brazil. > They look different, the H. anzaldoi having no or very little peach > coloration and smaller flowers that are ruffled along the edges. Some > sources say H. anzaldoi has been sunk in H. evansiae. Anyway, crossing > them produces seed. > > Diana > Telos > > I was told recently that h.evansiae can never be started by seed, i.e. the flower of this species won't accept the pollen of another (non-clonal) h.evansiae, therefore if h.evansiae produces a seed pod, it's necessarily a cross. Does anyone know for sure either way? > > > > Thanks, > > Rick Buell > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/