Hey Phil, that'll be an interesting cross! Not sure that it'll be hardy up there in your zone though, Easter lily's barely survive my zone 5-6 winters here in Massachusetts. you'll have something very special if that cross is successful buddy. They'll plump back up but you may not notice it, that is if they are still viable. Hope it works, and be sure to keep us posted. Chaz

i guess i worded my post wrong, i mean there are lots of cool varieties out there in the usa and just as long as the seed is not from a red parent as red is dominant and im trying to get away from reds then thats all i want. just 2 cool varieties crossed. like there is johnsonii, clown, summertime, chico, lady jane, giraffe, mandonii, parodii, charisma, splash, lily star, philadelphia, sweet nymph, tosca, jaguar, african carnival, lemon lime, cherry nymph, passadena, any color miniature crossed into any color regular variety, any papillo cross, any MINIATURES crossed, u name it there is so many varieties here in canada NOT available to us canadians in the fall come amaryllis time :( so if anyone has examples of these or similar cool hybrid cross seeds let me know. i am intrigued in miniature crosses too as well as there is some black amaryllis out there that i wud love to have black cross seeds, like black knight x.., black pearl x.., so just let me know what cross u made to get the seeds and i will get you my mailing info when the seed is ready. thanks. and ya i know it takes atleast 3 years before the first bloom, thats ok by me.

If you live in Canada and hippeastrums (amaryllis) are of interest to you, you might like to read that post Laurier My web site

Hi Sue, I found that planting them immediately worked well too. So far the only cross I tried- actually a selfing- is with the "xHippestrelia" hybrid, supposedly a cross between Hippeastrum and Sprekelia. It was so easily self fertile that I'm assuming it's tetraploid, and probably not an intergeneric hybrid at all since there are many different flower shapes in Hippeastrum itself. I'm kind of expecting all the seedlings to look like the parent. My seedlings are about 1 yr. old now, unfortunately I didn't keep any extra seeds, but sent them out to others. I hope they all got some growing, I'd like to see if there's any segregation in petal shapes at all! 'Breeding Ornamental Plants' by Timber Press is a wonderful book that has an entire chapter about nothing but Hippeastrum hybridizing! Vincent