You can usually get them from Mauro Peixoto (sp?) at http://www.brazilplants.com/Seeds.html He has two varieties for sale now. Tim Eck When a philosopher says something that is true, then it is trivial. When he says something that is not trivial, then it is false. Gauss > -----Original Message----- > From: pbs [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of David Pilling > Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2015 6:48 PM > To: Pacific Bulb Society > Subject: [pbs] Hippeastrum Calypratum - source of seeds? > > Hi, > > I had a couple of emails from Brenda Ford about Hippeastrum Calypratum. > > If you know of a current source for the seeds, reply to the list and Brenda will > see your message. > > First email... > > Years ago I got seeds for this from Park seed. They grew into bulbs in no time > and they flowered every year. They did have a weird smell. > Used to think like naugahyde. (sp.) that faux leather. When I moved I left > them with a caretaker and only one survived when I returned. And then I > took it with me to California and wrapped it in a newspaper because it was > not doing poorly and then it molded and that was that. I thought that I would > be able to find seeds again, but now it seems listed as something rare and > difficult to grow. I just grew it like a normal plant, in a pot, like an amaryllis > with the bulb above soil > somewhat. Seemed to do better in a drier climate. (It did well in > Idaho.) Seems like I had it in a finer textured soil than recommended. > It's been so long. But someone should try those seeds again. I'm sure it was > Park seed that had them. In the early 80's. > > Second email... > > > I wish that I could remember the details better. Just kept hoping that the > seeds would surface again. I think that I have some old photographs of them > in bloom somewhere in the attic. Had no idea that the cultivation was > supposed to be so problematic. I am all but certain it was Park seed. We > used to laugh because part of the selling point on the seed was that the > flower had some sort of odor that I had interpreted as pleasant, but that was > a big stretch. It was some sort of plasticky smell. > > We may have taken the plants about with us when we moved to > Minneapolis and then to Illinois. We had blooms for more than a couple of > years. > We lost all but one of the plants when we left them with a house sitter in > Idaho when we moved out here to California. The house sitter killed most of > the houseplants by keeping the house too hot and not watering, but one of > the bulbs survived. It rotted when we brought it out here to Humboldt > County, though. > > > > -- > David Pilling > http://www.davidpilling.com/ > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/