Jim, I don't market bulbs, I just breed them and promote what I think are best, distributing offsets to enthusiasts who will appreciate them. I intend to make all of my better bulbs available to Tony Avent, he already has C. 'Glory' and C. 'Persephone'. He has the choice to propagate and sell them if he thinks they're worthy, but he has a business to run and many good candidates to choose from so there is no guarantee that any of my bulbs will be marketed. Tony has shown me how Plant Delights propagates Crinums, and although not for the faint of heart, it is very effective and probably makes tissue culture unnecessary in most cases. I will have another new Crinum hybrid debut this evening, its seed parent is C. amoenum and its pollen parent is C. 'Super Ellen'. It has two sisters which flowered last year, but both of them were mostly white, the buds on the new one are dark. I'll will photos this evening or tomorrow morning. Regards, Jay On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 11:45 PM, James Waddick <jwaddick@kc.rr.com> wrote: > > Tony Avent showed: three selections from Jim Shields cross of Crinum > variabile x bulbispermums > > > > > http://gallery.plantdelights.com/v/Crinum-Lilies/… > > > http://gallery.plantdelights.com/v/Crinum-Lilies/… > > > http://gallery.plantdelights.com/v/Crinum-Lilies/… > > and Jay Yourch showed his latest 'Lady Chameleon' x 'Mrs James Hendry' > > > > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… > > Dear Tony , Jay and all,, > > Seems like there;s lots of good news on the horizon for Crinum > lovers. There are very few people that grow Crinum in my Kansas City Metro > area and there is increasing evidence for the hardiness of more species, > hybrids and selections. I find these new selections very exciting and I am > eager to try some of them. I urge other PBS members in cooler climates to > give Crinum a try. > > So Tony when will Jim Shield's hybrids be on the market? > > Jay and yours? > > And what about Tissue culture of the best and get them out far and > wide.? Thanks and best to all. Jim W. >
