In 2011, I crossed Brunsvigia marginata with one of my Amaryllis 'Multiflora' plants (or xAmarygia or whatever we're supposed to call the bulbs bred by Les Hannibal). Today the first flower from that cross opened, and I've attached a copy. I've seen crosses between the Multifloras and B. josephinae before, and I flowered one myself a few years ago. But this is the first time I've seen a cross with B. marginata. I'm very pleased with it. It's a kind of cherry red color; definitely not scarlet, but a lot redder than the Multifloras. The flowers are one solid color all the way down the throat, unlike the Multifloras, which generally have some white in the throat. The individual flowers are smaller than typical Multifloras but larger than species B. marginata. The bud count is lower than B. marginata. Overall, I think you can see much more of the Brunsvigia parent in this hybrid than you see in the B. josephinae crosses. I didn't see the flowers in direct sunlight today, but it looks like they may have a bit of the "diamond dust" sheen that you get in B. marginata. That would be fantastic! The next step is to make some second-generation crosses. In about 2029 I will let you know how those turn out. Mike San Jose, CA -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: IMG_8521.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 1830388 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…