Most definitely some rain lilies are apomictic. As I have found since hybridising them. Do you know if that book mentioned which ones were apomictic, Jim? So far I have found no list of which are or aren't. I have a short list myself, from experience and bits read in different articles, but would love to know more about which are and which aren't. Ina Crossley Auckland New Zealand > Some rain lilies are also supposed to be apomictic. I think the Grants did a study on parthenogenic "species" in the rain lilies about 20 or 30 years ago. They wrote a book on plant speciation that mentioned it, as far as I can recall.... > > Jim Shields