I was wondering if anyone grows such white or double flowered Gloriosas. Not much varieties anymore these days available in online shops except rothschildiana. If anyone has seeds or tubers available contact me privately Aad The Netherlands -----Original Message----- From: pbs <pbs-bounces@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> On Behalf Of Makiko Goto-Widerman Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2018 12:54 AM To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> Subject: Re: [pbs] Salmon Colored Gloriosa Tim, An interesting story. Yes, I will contact the Komoriya Nursery in Japan. I've been asking the Agri Cooperative organization in Japan to sell the pure white bulbs, but no success so far. I thought the white color was naturally made with recessive gene. I heard white Gloriosa is weak and not vigorous. *Makiko Goto-Widerman* On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 2:51 PM Tim Chapman <tim@gingerwoodnursery.com> wrote: > > There was an article in one of the old IBS journals featuring > Komoriya’s hybridizing work including Gloriosa. He had developed a > pure white and other colors many years ago. I believe he had an > exceptional offer for the rights to the pure white but a worker had accidentally shipped his few > stock plants to another nursery. He had double flowered types as well. > There is a pure orange cultivar that has been available wholesale for > several years, so a lighter version of that does not seem unlikely, > and probably could be easy to obtain just by growing out a decent > number of the Orange Glory seeds (I think that’s the cultivar name). > > Tim Chapman > > > > > > > White seems to be available in Holland; as cut flowers.Crown Jewels > Gloriosa's – Gloriosa lily range > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…