WOW ~~~
Thanx bunches Remy.....
We bought our place in May... They jus came up..
by the house... in the horse pasture.. so I dug'em up
got'em in pots in my garden room...but still findin more.
gonna plant'em for edging on a round flower bed. : )
Thanx again for your help.
Tink62

You're welcome! Planting them in a big group like that as a border sounds fantastic. It will look great when they are in bloom.
Remy

Yes, they can make seed. Although, like most triploids, they don't do it very often. I have also read that in the wild a mix of diploid, triploid, & tetraploid specimens exist. That said, I haven't yet been successful in germinating them though... I run into mold/rot problems.

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it IS a red Spider lily those seed came from BTW...

jon how far did you get before you started having rot problems? did you get seedlings from them??

No. They started rotting before germination- but I also used my standard potting mix (which has lots of "molds" in it to begin with). Actually there was a reason I was doing a "spider lily seed" search to find this thread. I did a Lycoris radiata x Amarcrinum cross this year and it looks like I will end up with at least one seed from this (keeping my fingers crossed). I would really like to avoid the rot problem. I'm thinking about attempting to germinate in/on sand... covering the pot with saran wrap to keep it humid. I also thought about treating the soil/sand with Tebuconazole. I also read somewhere that light helps the germination process (in other words not covering the seed). Any suggestions?

I brought some seeds from China. They say they are seeds of Lycoris Radiata ? but on reading most say they dont have seeds? these are about 1mm and black?
Any help, John