Michael, I have had Haemanthus humilis humilis, H. montanus, and H. carneus blooming together on my deck every summer for years. I have never seen any evidence that montanus would cross with these. However, since a plant of "carneus" I got as a seed from Doug Westfall of Long Beach, California, now appears to be a hybrid, I am much more leary of the "genetic purity" of all the humilis humilis seeds my plant generate every summer. For images, see: https://facebook.com/groups/bulborum/… and search for Haemanthus, or see: http://srgc.net/forum/index.php/… Jim On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 4:29 PM Michael Homick <michaelhomick@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…>I have > > started to harvest some Haemanthus seed. I had Haemanthus carneus, > > Haemanthus montanus and Haemanthus humilis subsp. humilis ‘Giant form'. > I > > crossed the 'Giant form on the montanus and carneus as well as the > reverse > > crosses. I also had two extra Haemanthus humilis subsp. humilis ‘Giant’ > > flowers that I selfed. I have an image of the seed posted at this link: > > http://gpbotanicals.com/wp/wp-content/… > > > I removed pollen from the 'Giant form and the montanus prior to flowering > but the carneus anthers were very small and deeply embedded in with the > pistils of the flowers to adequately and safely remove. > All the best Michael > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > -- James Shields jshields46074@gmail.com P.O. Box 92 Westfield, IN 46074 U.S.A. _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…
