Hippeastrum ID query

James SHIELDS jshields46074@gmail.com
Mon, 12 Jan 2015 18:14:02 PST
Nhu, et al.,

As I recall, petiolatum is supposed to be 2n=77 while striatum are (mostly
anyway) 2n=44.  Until we all walk around with pocket DNA sequencers, we are
forced to rely on gross physical appearances.  Let's not call petiolatum a
var. of striatum, and lets not call anything grown from seed "petiolatum."
That ought to serve until the aforementioned technical marvels are in a
pocket of each of us.

At least while we wait for definitive enlightenment.

Jim S.

On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 8:46 PM, Alberto <ezeizabotgard@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Nhu, petiolatum never set any seed as it is supposed to be a natural
> hybrid. Crazy offsetting is at expense of the mother bulb mass and therfore
> of the flowers. Bulbs planted buried will flower regularly each spring and
> still produce a small number of offsets very year.
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> Striatum is taller, less stocky and does produce seed and few offsets,
> good sized. They had never been confused in the past until someone decided
> petiolatum is a ssp. of striatum.
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