Gastil those are really pretty flowers. I grow the red one in the ground here in the desert. Do you grow any of these in the ground? The red reseed freely and it took me a year to figure out that they were not weeds. Do you think the ones you posted pictures of are as hardy? Marie Tolleson, Arizona > Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 21:55:49 -0800 > From: marygastil@yahoo.com > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > Subject: [pbs] more info on Freesia laxa on BX 298 > > Hi PBS, > > Here are some photos for the Freesia laxa offered in BX 298. The photos have some info with them. > > Corms on 1 cm grid > > http://flickr.com/photos/gastils_garden/… > > (I'll eventually get it to the wiki) > > Seeds on 1 cm grid, with seed pod > http://flickr.com/photos/gastils_garden/… > > Closeup of one Freesia laxa flower showing the dark purple blotches > http://flickr.com/photos/gastils_garden/… > > Freesia laxa growing in a Hippeastrum pot > http://flickr.com/photos/gastils_garden/… > These did not "weed" themselves here; I planted their seeds intentionally (although not a smart idea.) > > One with four blotches: > http://flickr.com/photos/gastils_garden/… > My theory of the first to bloom on a stem having 4, then the rest 3, was fine until one stalk disproved it. > > It was suggested a few weeks ago that Freesia laxa might be good for hybridizing because they flower so soon from seed. > > > - Gastil > Santa Barbara, California > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/