Sorry, retsec! I didn't say what color, did I? They are for orange flowered plants. Easy to grow--expensive to buy. Orange is the most common color; you can buy a bulb for $25.00 or so. I can provide germination instructions. Maintaining the plant is super-easy. The Clivia Forum gets very specific; I haven't had an issue in 10 years or so of growing them...

Sorry Wrenhouse...found out that not only is my email box unchecked, but the addy is incorrect and I can't fix it. Hopefully, it will be fixed soon. Any interested traders, please post here!

Gonzer, I think you are further advanced than me at raising Bils from seeds. There is definately some motivating posts from Lisa, Winterlager, Avane yourself and others that make me want to have a go. Lisa, I don't know if my pollination took place, some of the stigmas had the little drop that you where talking about others looked like they might work, I tried over 5 nights using Hallelujah pollen on a what I think was a Strawberry Cream and vice versa. I have a couple of plants covered in cable ties and will hope for a miracle. I will try and pollinate around 9-10am next time. I have frozen some of the Hallelujah pollen and hope to use that on a Bil. FredRed that has a flower starting to emerge. I couldn't find any crosses with Bil. FredRed on FSBS so it either won't work or I am a trailblazer. Rick

Bagging is described here. I've tried all kinds of different methods and to me, the critical point is when the seedlings outgrow the initial pot and you have to repot them. Then you realize that there must be good ways and not so good ways to get them started. If you're like me, and not so clever, you'll do crosses with multiple pollen parents of very different sizes (say B. distachia with Cryptanthus, Neo and with Portea) on one stigma and then you'll be trying to pop out the huge seedlings (xPorteas?) while leaving the other much smaller ones undisturbed.