Please take pictures of the seeds from your Papilio crosses, and show them off, before you even consider to trade these. I intend no offence, I have to simply consider that these seeds will most likely be chaff, which is founded on an incompatibility between the DIP species Amaryllis and the TETraploid Hybrid, Minerva. My statement is based on experience; your experience MIGHT be different but this is not as likely.

Hi Haweha,
I'm glad that you brought it to my attention. Thanks!
The seeds are not chaff, as I can easily feel the actual seed body. Hopefully it could be seen on the photos I just took per you request. But now, I doubt that my "Papilio" is a real papilio. I post the pictures of it here also. I will appreciate your opinion. Any one who happen to read this post, please, let me know what you think. Thank you,

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Hi Chara,

No, It's not h. papilio, but it's the next best thing..truthfully, I'm not sure which cybister it actually is (the experts will clarify that) but my question is which plant was the seedpod parent..the plant pictured above, and Red Lion and Minerva donated their pollens?? Unfortunately, I don't have any seed at the moment since we're just starting our blooming season up North..but if you have a FEW seeds of the cybister x Red Lion (assuming the seedpod came from the cybister) and you'll take a rain-check I'm interested...In a few months most of us.. myself included.. will be looking for people to take our seeds..Thanks,

Donna

I'm sure that's the beautiful Hippeastrum 'Lima', it's a gorgeous Hippeastrum cybister x papilio hybrid by Fred Meyers!

This is in the range of phenotypes that result when H.papilio and H.cybister are crossbred. And if so or while that this is so, respectively, the problem that I indicated above is the same. However, I can not exclude that there is actually some seedling of this progeny that IS capable of producing lots of viable seeds after pollination from TETs such as "Minerva" and "RedLion".