yes I have a collection. As Bob Nold writes, most are supposed to be self infertile. I may have had more than one clone, but I think that there was only one when I too had self sown seedlingsof C ruksanii, I also had a seedling of C nudicaulis appear where I had had only one clone. The Leontocoides do cross with each other however, and I try to seperate some species to prevent this. Seed which is not sown freshly is unlikely to germinate. I have had a seedling germinate three years after sowing. The seed was six months old, the only other seed to germinate in that pot came up soon after sowing. Peter (UK) On 9 June 2015 at 05:51, penstemon <penstemon@q.com> wrote: > Does anyone have any experience growing bulbous Corydalis or have a > collection of same? I’ve tried seed from seed exchanges over and over > again with no luck. So far my only success has been with C. solida ‘George > Baker’, which I bought at a plant sale. > > I think corydalis seed is short-lived. In the garden here, regular C. > solida and also C. angustifolia produce millions of viable seeds every > year. The many named varieties of C. solida have not produced seedlings > here, that I’ve noticed, anyway. > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/