Dell, are you joking, or do you want me to look at a photo? Jane On 8/24/2020 1:20 PM, ds429 via pbs wrote: > Well, Jane and Jim, could my Sternbergia actually be a late blooming Zephyranthes? > > Dell > On Friday, August 21, 2020, 06:02:33 PM EDT, Jane McGary via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > My Sternbergias sometimes set seed. I advise sowing the seed as soon as > the capsules open, since this is what would happen in nature. I've grown > most of the species I have from wild-collected seed, but the several > forms of S. lutea here were originally commercial bulbs. They include > the usual S. lutea, one called 'Dodona Gold', one grown as S. cilicica > but I can't tell the difference (in nature, the one identified by a > group leader as that seemed to grow on slightly different terrain), and > a half-size form of S. lutea grown from seeds collected in Crete. > Growing most Sternbergia spp. from seed is not problematic (though > requires patience), but I've never managed to keep S. colchiciflora past > one flowering. > > Jane McGary, Portland, Oregon, USA > > > On 8/21/2020 1:00 PM, ds429 via pbs wrote: >> My tiny clump of Sternbergia has survived seven winters here in West Virginia zone 6. This year it looks like it is setting seeds. If it happens, can anyone give me advice on growing this beauty from seed? >> >> Dell >> > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…