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Wow...a sprekelia hipestrum hybrid. Thanks for sharing the pics Heinie. Its great to see someone getting into producing hybrids.

Do these hybrids set seed for you and if so have you grown them and what was the result? Thanks for this helpful information.

I have not pollinated any of my Hippeastrelia flowers yet because my intention was to get a Hippeastrelia hybrid and would not like to cross back to Hippeastrum because I do not want to change the colour of the flower. It was for the flower colour that I used Red Lion originally in the cross.

So they don't self pollinate?

I remove the pollens from flowers I wish not to pollinate on all my plants.

Hello, Heinie,
The leaves of my plants are not half as broad as seen in your picture, my be what I have is a different specie.



They are also not planted as deep, I will shift them to a bigger pot.
Arif

Muhammad,

My Hippeastrelia hybrid leaves are wider than yours in the photo but my Sprekelia leaves are perhaps a little wider but those are about 10 year old bulbs. As far as I am aware there are only two Sprekelia species, Sprekelia formosissima and Sprekelia howardii.