There are scientific journals out there that say N. Tazetta ‘Chinese sacred lily’ or ‘Orientalis’ is sterile. This is because the plant is triploid with 30 chromosomes and this causes pollen to not germinate on the stigma and few viable embryos…
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The ADS loses a legend
Yesterday when the mail came, there was an envelope with the name ‘Becky Gould Gibson” on the back, with a Winston-Salem, N.C. address, and I knew “Bill’s gone.” Bill Gould died at age 98, on August 11, and as Becky said, “He had a…
What is flowering now in Canberra
What is flowering in Canberra now
What is flowering now in Canberra
Hybrid Seedling Question
A question to hybridizes. I have more seedlings than I have a place to replant. As all hybridizes know when you keep one seedling bulb for a few years it becomes multiple bulbs. All the seedlings I have are of…