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Dave, I've never seen these available here. Never even seen them in literature. Never seen them in catalogs. Never even imagined anything could be so. They are superb!
Thank you for posting this - only yesterday I found one of these had popped up in my garden!! I wan't sure what it was because I had planted a lot of bulbs a couple of years ago, and never saw the first one!! I almost posted a pic of it, but my battery went dead!!
Lophophora, I don't know if they seed. I've seen little pods on them after the flower is gone, but those pods always shrivel and die wihout giving seeds. Shrug!
They multiply like mad, though, and many DGers here have them (thanks to justmeLisa, who gave them to a few of us, and then those few of us sent them off to dozens of people, and then...) :)
I don't trade internationally (the laws frighten me these days) but I wish you success in finding these!
Correction - I do have it in literature. Bryan's 'Bulbs' Vol II (1989, Timber Press) has a reproduction of an old faded print which does absolutely no justice to the subject. No wonder I overlooked it!
"(Swamp Lily) Native to the US, from Virginia south to Florida and west to Mississippi... Found growing in woodlands and damp clearings. Species name derives from the word meaning 'stained with red,' ..."
Some of the alpine seed exchanges list seed of some species (there are several); I'm sure you can find them somewhere. I believe the seed is only viable for a short time after they ripen, and the fatter they are, the more viable they are. One good thing about rain lilies is that most of them are pathogenic so even if you are planting seed from a particular cultivar, you're likely to get the same plant from seed as you would from a bulb offset.
