Dell and all, I haven't studied genetics of Hippeastrum, but in Clivia, the yellows (there are two different types) are recessive. The peaches are recessive as well, although I'm not sure we would pick up a partial penetrance of the peach mutation just by eyeball. Regards, Jim Shields At 03:59 PM 4/10/2010 -0400, you wrote: >I have the first bloom on a Hippeastrum cross from seeds that someone >donated to the BX awhile back. It is H. 'Desert Dawn' x 'Green Goddess' - an >unusual cross to say the least. When it is fully open, I will send a photo. >It looks like it will be really pretty. Who donated the seeds? > >It seems that when I grow hipp crosses, the usual bloom resembles either H. >puniceum or H. papilio, depending on what is in the genealogy. With clivia, >all crosses that I have bloomed, so far, come out looking more or less like >the orange C. miniatum. There must be some strong genes in play. Does anyone >know what this is about? > >Dell ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA