Bob, I can't help on whether your seeds are hybrids or not, but I have gotten viable seed from selfings of several species of Ledebouria without much trouble, including more recently L. galpinii and Resnova megaphylla, which I think some consider a Ledebouria, and I'm pretty sure an L. zebrina from Penroc years ago. I really need to give away some of the L. galpinii, which has been particularly easy. I also have a variety of insects through the greenhouse in summer and have never seen a naturally produced seed on any of them, though they bloom every year. But hand pollination was straightforward. Steve NW Arkansas On 11/7/2020 9:24 AM, Robert Lauf via pbs wrote: > I have several Ledebouria species imported from SA Bulb in June. They are growing fabulously and already bloomed, in some cases several times. I periodically tried to cross them as they bloomed out, and the L. marginata yielded two seeds, one of which has germinated. I'm wondering if anyone has information on whether the seed is a cross or a selfing. It's my understanding that some Ledebourias are self-sterile but have no idea if that's a general rule. Certainly for all the blooms they've made I don't get seeds generally, despite the presence of various flying insects in the greenhouse in summer and also some hand-pollination. > The seeds are huge compared to the tiny blooms and so far have been only one per pod. > Bob Zone 7 > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>