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: We did the first commercial offering of Infusion, a new hybrid cross done by Alani Davis in about 2002. It is a unique hot pink ( red - one of the darkest you will find). On occasion, it can have random, white stripes in the flowers. This type of streaking happens on occasion in other different red crinum and makes this even more interesting. Mr. Davis has given us permission to offer a limited supply of his creation. Our largest bulb, is about 5 in diameter after growing it since about 2005. In the first 8 years it has produced approximately 70 new offset bulbs. We have recorded as many as 14 buds on a 40 scape, but the hybridizer reports scapes of 5' 6 tall. This plant is more compact than its parents, Ellen Bosanquet and J C Harvey, and will make a wonderful addition to anyone's crinum collection. These bulbs grow extremely fast reaching blooming size in less than 3 years and is a June-August bloomer. We grow over 1000 different crinum including about 350 of our own hybrids. This is one of the more choice, red crinum on the market and it is still very rare. BACKGROUND: A new hybrid cross of Ellen Bosanquet x J C Harvey done by Alani Davis. This and Antares, which we also grow and have for sale, is one of two seedlings he obtained from the cross. There is a possibility that this is semi-fertile, at least its pollen. It has never set seeds but after many, many attempts, we did have one cross on C. erubescens produce a few seeds. Unfortunately the seeds never survived, so we are not positive the cross was successful. The seeds might have come from the erubescens' own pollen. GROWING CONDITIONS: This is a semi-hardy and easy to grow bulb requiring no special care. It tolerates a wide range of soils and cool temperatures, at least to zone 7 and maybe colder with heavy mulching. They should do best planted in the ground in full sun or partial shade, but they will also make excellent container plants. They can surExported By ExportYourStore