Bessera elegans
Diana Chapman (Mon, 05 Oct 2015 14:13:36 PDT)

I should add, Karl, that the orange one that is available commercially
makes a lot of offsets, but the other ones are much slower to do so,
usually producing only one or two per season. I am hoping against hope
that the pink Bessera will produce cormlets, but time will tell. I
crossed the pink one with a purple one, since it's the only chance I
have to get seed from the pink one. I have a gut feeling they will all
turn out to be purple, but it will be a while before I know.

Diana

Hi Diana and all,

Mine are too and it seems that they're flowering a lot later than they usually do. Last year they flowered around August and produced a huge number of cormlets. I plan on harvesting them next spring and donating the surplus to the BX. I love them and they're very easy to grow and flower but I'm ran out of space looooong ago.

Warm Regards,
Fred Biasella
Cambridge (Boston) MA
USDA Zone 6b

P.S. I'm glad pbs is up and running. :-)

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Subject: [pbs] Bessera elegans

My Besseras are all in full bloom now, and I have a new fuchsia pink one, grown from seed acquired some years ago. There is a picture on the
blog: http://www.thebulbmaven.typepad.com/ . Has anyone seen any other colors (other than the usual orange one and the purple one)?

Diana
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