I too am curious about Apple Blossom. Does it just not produce viable seedlings with related stock or it won't produce viable seedlings even with non-related stock? I got a few apple blossoms that are going to be blooming in a few weeks from different sources so I'll be testing the above.

One variety that did not produce true breeding seed for me last season was Hercules. All my stock were related though. I also read on the Net of others having trouble with this cultivar.

Apple Blossom is in bloom for me currently. As soon as the flowers start wilting, I will pollinate them, and then I can tell you if I get any seed pods from them.

I did propagate my Apple Blossom with it's own pollen last spring, and it developed two beautiful fat seed pods. But then they shrivelled up and died. I read on another forum that Apple Blosssom almost always does that. Makes a big seed pod then aborts it a few weeks later.

Mine did the same thing. The pods looked great, but in time, they started turning yellow, shriveled up and aborted. I had been warned that this would happen, but I figured it was worth the try.

Pollen from Apple Blossom seems to be viable, but Appleblossom just doesn't seem to want to be a pod parent!

Doesn't mean that I won't keep trying... Why not? There is nothing to lose. I have plenty of pollen, and Apple Blossoms.

ditto-I got no results with Apple Blossom. One seed pod, I only got one from a proliferate blooming plant last year. The pod was there one day and the next couple days had disappeared. I thought maybe wind may have taken it.

Wow, Lora,

You're a 101 class on Amaryllis propagation. Thanks for taking the time to educate us. I'm going to print this out .
I self propagated Apple Blossom. That must be where the problem lies there in .
So, it's best to take her pollen and apply it to the stigma of another suitable amaryllis?
I already did self propagate the Red Lion and I see a seed pod forming. So, it might be having some little ugly babies.
I also self propagated Minerva and it's got a little pod forming. But I want to do some crosses. Thanks again for all the information. I'm sure many reading this will have a lot of fun experimenting with it. Thanks for the pictures of your experiments. Very pretty off spring.
Cheryl

Lora,
thank you a lot for sharing your knowledge. This will save attempts which will not have a chance.

I have printed this posting and put in the Veronica Read book
:)

Manfred

thanks lora and welcome back. you've always been a wealth of information.

Hi Cheryl,
I'm glad that I could help out. It can be a lot of fun and lucky you,you can grow them outside year round :)
Most of your Red Lion babies will be perfectly nice shades of reds & red-orange with some white markings.Those murky brownish babies will likely be your first experience with culling and that could make the process a bit easier :/

Hi Manfred,
Please do try those 1 in a million crosses. I imagine that is how we have some of the newest and most wonderfully different hybrids on the market today.For example, I'm currenty working on getting fragrance into larger flowered hybrids. My unlikely choice of parents was Pink Floyd X Appleblossom. Out of 2 pods there were 47 good looking seeds and out of them only 3 germinated and are still growing. Now, I dont expect that the flowers will have very good form but they should be pink, fragrant and sized somewhat larger than Pink Floyd. I will then breed them back to Appleblossom and probably Blossom Peacock to improve the form & size & hopefully keep the scent.

Hi Tokoyomafia,it's been awhile :)
How are your babies coming along? I hope they didn't get baked this summer!

hi lora, the pink impression x double record seeds are doing great. they were shaded 1/4th of the day so they didn't get burned in the summer heat. there was a time in september when a cat knocked it down from a 4 foot brick wall along with my clown seedlings. but they just keep on ticking.

Thanks for sharing your "cross reference" ;-).

I've save it to a document.

@lora,
might I post your impressive posting from Dec 15, 06 at 23:20
(if you like, along with your email adress) to a board in german language, i.e. www-hippeastrum-forum.de ?

Thanks and best Regards
manfred

sorry for the typo,
the correct site is
www.hippeastrum-forum.de

regards
manfred

Here is a link that might be useful: http://www.hippeastrum-forum.de

Hi Manfred,
Yes you certainly may. You can put my email as well but my German is rough from disuse. I can always run it though a translator program if need be but they are not terribly accurate.
I can expand the list tomorrow if anyone is interested.
Did the H.puniceum seeds germinate? I have more fresh seed and a good 6 flower scapes currently showing if you or somebody you know needs seed:) Lora

Lora,
I sent you an e-mail to your address with Soultan in the subject line and have not received any reply. Did you get it at all?

thank you lora,
maybe the mod of the german forum puts up an international board in english, we'll see.

the seedlings are in good shape, I have additional light during the winter which is a great aid.

As soon as I have new seedlings I will inform you.
Manfred

Hi Soultan,
Yes,your email came Friday the 12th and I replied right back :O Did a message not get back to you ? I am consumed by curiosity! DH says there is nothing wrong with our puter,all filters are turned off & it's virus free so there must be a problem in the router. I've had mail in and out from Florida and Italy today,what gives? Lora
Hi Manfred,
Just to be sure,did my email get to you? I sent about 9:30 EST today. Lora

Hi Soultan,
We found out what the problem is, I'll mail you. Lora

Hi Windy,
You are an incredibly patient person and I apologize for getting this mess into your thread.
It seems that comcasts servers are blocking email from just about every other server including yahoo and hotmail.I signed up for a new email addy at yahoo and they are blocking hotmail and who knows how many others. I have no idea how to get mail through at this point. Windy,your reply did get through to me and I have your seeds ready to go. Hopefully this whole email mess will clear up soon and we can get back to something like normal. Lora

Thanks Lora,
Nothing yet.

Hi Windy,
Here are a few more interesting crosses from last year.
White Christmas X Red Peacock-85 seeds from 1 pod,great germination rate,vigorus seedlings.
Picotee X Red Peacock-75 seeds from 1 pod (that is a lot for Picotee)great germinatin,vigorus seedlings.
Royal Velvet X Red Peacock-64 seeds from 1 pod. These were some of the largest hippi seeds I've ever seen. Great germination rate,excellent growers & the seedlings have a strong red blush up the reverse of the leaf.
There is some controversy attached to Royal Velvet.Some people claim it is sterile,mine is not. It is very possible that there is more than 1 cultivar being sold as Royal Velvet.
Picotee X Charisma-76 & 63 seeds per 2 pods. Good germination rate & healthy seedlings.The seedlings seem to be better growers than either parent but I still expect 3-4 years till bloom .
Ruby Meyer X LaPaz-A very high yielding cross! I planted out 100 seeds & I think every single one germinated :)
Good growers with most having the red blush on the reverse of the leaf from Ruby Meyer.
Ruby Meyer X White Christmas-72 seeds,44 with no visible embryo.Out of 28 good looking seeds only 3 germinated.These seedlings are -slow- growers.
Pink Floyd X Appleblossom-2 pods with 20 & 27 seeds. 23 had no embryo,out of those planted only 3 germinated.Slow growers.
Pink Floyd X Emerald- I didn't record the seed total but I planted 18. I have 11 growing at a decent rate.
Emerald-It appeared to set seed but none germinated.
Misty-It appeared to set seed but zero germination.
Amputo X self-11 seeds,8 terminal albinos. I small seedling left.
Amputo X Pink Floyd-10 seeds,1 small seedling left.
I intend to cross Pink Floyd & Amputo again.The seedling failure may have been due to severe weather conditions.
So far this year Pink Diamond,Honeymoon, Baby Doll,Cupido and Jade Serpent are all holding seed pods. It seems like the smaller South African varities do not want to self pollinate. Only time will tell.

Hi Soultan,
There is a huge server spam blocking program going on right now. Somebody on your server is a major spammer & it has been blocked by just about every other server out there. There is a chance that you could get email to me with a freebie Yahoo account, sent to my new Yahoo addy. My DH went through several email accounts to try & send to you but everything was rejected :( Lora

It is interesting, I am getting all the usual e-mails I got before and it is only you who cannot reach me. How about trying the same beginning before the @ with yahoo.com ending? I have an account there too.
Just let me know please. :o) Who would think that simle e-mailing could be such a problem! :o)

Hi Soultan,
I sent you mail from my yahoo to yours:) So far it has not bounced back,keep your fingers crossed! Lora

I got the e-mail for the yahoo account. Trying the hotmail.