Fig. 55: Crinum abyssinicum, also a sessile flowered Ornatae member,
was first introduced to California by Luther Burbank. Several variants have
been collected since. I have three which for genetic distinctions fail to
cross, but will outcross with other members of the series. Crinum
schimperi, a larger form, is closely allied, as is C. album
(ex C. yemense) and the humid tropical C. scabrum
and C. zeylanicum. Since C. abysinnicum is a high semi-desert
form, it, like C. schimperi, is well adapted to the dry summers of
California and is a good breeder. A number of hybrids have viable pollen,
like 'Peach Blow', a cross with C. americanum.
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Fig. 55: Crinum abyssinicum, also a sessile flowered Ornatae member,
was first introduced to California by Luther Burbank. Several variants have
been collected since. I have three which for genetic distinctions fail to
cross, but will outcross with other members of the series. Crinum
schimperi, a larger form, is closely allied, as is C. album
(ex C. yemense) and the humid tropical C. scabrum
and C. zeylanicum. Since C. abysinnicum is a high semi-desert
form, it, like C. schimperi, is well adapted to the dry summers of
California and is a good breeder. A number of hybrids have viable pollen,
like 'Peach Blow', a cross with C. americanum.