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here is a link, of both flowers. I don't know if it will work. The quality is not that good. I wish I could figure out how to just input the picture.

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The amaryllids and the lilies (for example the easter lily L.longiflorum) are distantly related but with certainty so far that crossbreeding is impossible.

Even the several sections of genuine Lilium's can not so easily be joined by interspecific crossbreeding.
It has become a challenge for ornamental breeders which are using all kind of tricks in order to master these challenges:
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Hans-Werner

Thank you Hans, I figured you would be the one to give me some direction on that.

I give up on inserting the pictures, although both the plants are just beautiful. I am way impressed with those of you who are so proficient with the computer. I did upload the pictures to photo bucket. But my computer is not cooperating with me. I cant figure out how to get them into the message. (I am sure it is the user and not the computer, but non the less it has me beat.)

Thanks for both of the links Han's. I find it very interesting. Perhaps when this semester is over, I will actually figure out how to insert a picture.

Thanks...charlene

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This is the lily, the next is my amaryillis, there qualities are similiar.

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Here they are together. And YEA! I finally figured out how to upload pictures. Thanks again Hans!!

What a sudden progress in forum using technologies... Gratulations,
Charlene
Now, both blooms originate from genuine hippeastrum bulbs - sn't that good news?! The one with the basic red color and the thin red margins is definitely one Fairy Tale and the other which is so lovely Tube shaped is a cultivar which I often see assigned as "H.vittatum".
TRY to crossbred them, even if Fairy Tale is 4ploid and the more whitish one (definitaly not a genuine lily) might be a diploid.

Good luck
Hans-Werner

Hans, you beat me to it. That is not a lily, it is an amaryllid. You can try to cross them, maybe you'll get lucky.

Plant_Guy

Thank you Han's. I will definately try to cross polinate. And thank you again for guiding me in the right direction to post pictures. I just need to have this semester over so I can play in my garden.

You are such a wealth of knowledge and I so appreciate you and the others that share your experience so freely to the rest of us...thanks...char

The one on the right looks like a mislabeled bulb I got from Christmas Clearance. Looks like {{gwi:403249}} not my pic. Just found via google image search for H.vittatum. It failed self polinating though it did polinate flowers from Red Lion, White Christmas & Minerva.

This photo has been taken by Angelo Porcelli, Italy.
I saw it being used without permission on a well known-trader's platform *GRRRRRRRRRH*.
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Another excellent link, Hans-Werner ! Thank you,Lora

Hello, I finished my last nursing final today!!YEA I am on break until the end of August. What a relief. I wanted to share pictures of my seed pods from my cross between the two flowers. Interesting the Red flower has much larger seed pods than the white flower. I crossed gowing both ways.
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You have well done and nicely documented,
Charlene.

Are you aware that you might receive more than 500 seeds from these 9 capsules? It would be enough to build up a really BIG stock of knight star lilies. And, who knows, you will find one to be close to that what you think an Easter lily should to look like, and you baptize it, in retrospection to this very discussion....
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If I get that many seeds I will have to share. My Base house does not have that much room to grow too many seedlings. I will let you know and share what I can.

As always Han's you are such a great source of information. Thanks to you and everyone else that shares their experiences so freely.

O.K.

I have seeds!!!!Lots and Lots. I have not counted, but way more than I can use. If you are interested in seeds I will be happy to share. Just email me. Char