Good to know, thanks On Oct 5, 2015 2:42 PM, "Diana Chapman" <rarebulbs@suddenlink.net> wrote: > I should add, Karl, that the orange one that is available commercially > makes a lot of offsets, but the other ones are much slower to do so, > usually producing only one or two per season. I am hoping against hope > that the pink Bessera will produce cormlets, but time will tell. I crossed > the pink one with a purple one, since it's the only chance I have to get > seed from the pink one. I have a gut feeling they will all turn out to be > purple, but it will be a while before I know. > > Diana > >> Hi Diana and all, >> >> Mine are too and it seems that they're flowering a lot later than they >> usually do. Last year they flowered around August and produced a huge >> number of cormlets. I plan on harvesting them next spring and donating the >> surplus to the BX. I love them and they're very easy to grow and flower but >> I'm ran out of space looooong ago. >> >> Warm Regards, >> Fred Biasella >> Cambridge (Boston) MA >> USDA Zone 6b >> >> P.S. I'm glad pbs is up and running. :-) >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: pbs [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Diana >> Chapman >> Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2015 9:08 AM >> To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> >> Subject: [pbs] Bessera elegans >> >> My Besseras are all in full bloom now, and I have a new fuchsia pink one, >> grown from seed acquired some years ago. There is a picture on the >> blog: http://www.thebulbmaven.typepad.com/ . Has anyone seen any other colors >> (other than the usual orange one and the purple one)? >> >> Diana >> Telos >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >