Pop-up: Recalcitrant seed - CRINUM

[Bwosczyna]

Hi Everyone:

Member Chad Cox has donated a bit of crinum seed.  It's beginning to pop and needs to be sown as soon as possible.
If anyone is interested, please let me know.  Kindly email me your choice(s) at bulbexpbs@gmail.com. Available are:

1. Crinum Macowanii 'African Queen'
2. Crinum bulbispermum 'Jumbo' and
3. Crinum bulbispermum

hybrid

This offer is first-come, first served and will be open for until Tuesday evening (July 25). Please respond to me asap as I intend to get this seed out the door mid-week.
Thanks.

Bridget

[fdaniell]

How much are these seed?

[David Pilling]

How much are these seed?

Best to point out that the offer was 23 July 2023 - time has passed and the offer will no longer be available.  Normally there is no charge for PBS seed, but you have to be a PBS member and pay the postage, which can be significant on large seed like Crinum.

[CG100]

Maybe also worth commenting on a common misconception - most recalcitrant (often called, incorrectly, ephemeral), usually Amaryllid, seeds.
They have a life of several weeks and more, even after a root appears and are reasonably resistant to dessication. Or all of the several species that I have bought have been.

Several species are routinely offered as seed by S African seed suppliers, although they sell quickly, and the total time from collection to anyone receiveing them will be 1-2 months, or more, and all that I have received have had roots, some of them well over 1cm long. They have all done fine.