I agree with Donna that they are zinnias, and they look like Profusions of one variety or another. They don't look like Magellans. Is that more than one plant, or are those white flowers just pink ones that have faded? In answer to your question, yes, you can save seeds from them. They should come relatively true from seed. ZM

"In case you were wondering, I'm collecting these videos (which are made with a scanner) for a future art show. I'm finding the names to catalogue them! And yeah, I'll try to capture pictures of the foilage for future identification efforts. I hadn't thought of it before." If you have your original photos to post, that could help...many things that could help id are missing from your art photos, but are probably in the original...for instance if anything else is in the photo, something like scale could help. As far as one can really tell, #7 could just as easily be a ohoto of a silk flower taken at the store (okay, maybe an exaggeration).

This was my response before the forums decided to delete it! thanks everyone for the responses, very interesting. I do know that it is possible to get some degree of variation from selfing a hipp but didn't think you can get this wild a variation! so I'm going to correct myself here - the original hipp was not a minerva. Not sure what it was though (and don't have it anymore). Here's a pic of it. Can anyone identify it for me? I guess when you look at the flower below (the product of self pollination of the above hippeastrum) you can see some degree of resemblance. and the one from seed thought to be a self from the above bulb: Cheers, Dan And Jodik's response... It's beautiful, Dan... there's a marked resemblance, even though the red is a bit darker and there are certain differences. When breeding, having an accurate history makes it so much easier when you're trying to isolate or combine certain characteristics... or when you're trying to breed in a certain direction. Without an accurate accounting of the ancestry of our dogs, we wouldn't even consider breeding. We'd have no idea of what poor traits were hiding, and this could be dangerous within the world of canines. We keep extremely detailed records, and we crunch data to get an idea of what a prospective outcome might be for a particular pairing. Technology makes it all easy these days. We use certain tools and certain processes, such as inbreeding or tight line breeding... and culling plays an important role, as well. With flowers, it's a bit different... self pollinations are possible, along with crosses... widening the possibilities. I still have a lot to learn about plant breeding, but I find it just as fascinating. jodik

Cheers for the welcome and again for the pics Jack Yr right - there is a huge variety of broms and I want them all!! But slowly, slowly. Have a lot to learn, from the very basic and am already learning some very helpful tips from looking through the posts - great work to all contributors. I have pretty average eyesight so can't see myself getting too far involved in hybridizing broms unfortunately (wld love to but such small flowers) but have a few Neo's flowering at moment so am hoping the insects will do their thing and help give me at least a few seeds to play with as am very interested in propagating from seed. Is great to see the plants other pple are creating here - already adding a few to my wish list including a few Vr! Is great to have found the forum and especially good to see a few Aussies on here as I'll definetly be interested in trading some plants as mine grow and produce and possibly purchase in the meantime but also a great opportunity to learn and share info with other brom lovers across the globe. cheers mate and have a good one Kristan