[pbs] Fw: Lycoris squamigera
Adam Fikso
irisman at ameritech.net
Mon Aug 28 14:36:56 EDT 2006
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From: "Adam Fikso" <irisman at ameritech.net>
To: <pbs-request at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 11:14 AM
Subject: Lycoris squamigera
> This hybrid is a sterile triploid (info from Jim Waddick) checked and
> confirmed via other sources. I've been trying to set seed on it now for 5
> years using a number of finagles, e.g,various dilutions of 2-4D dissolved
> and placed on the juncture of the pedicels below the ovaries. I get more
> swollen ovaries that persist for a while and seem to have rudimentary
> embryos in them, but , so far, nothing. . The large groups are indeed from
> multiplication of offsets, often 20-50 years old in the gardens of older
> houses way up into zones 3 and 4.
>
> Large bulbs can get to be about 5" in diameter, and they are often quite
> crowded in the older plantings. Indeed, give them full sun,or as much as
> you can-- and clay soil and winter wet or freezing is no problem
> whatsoever.
>
> Adam in Glenview, Z 5a
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