Hepatica 2012

[Michael J Campbell]

Last few.
Hepatica americana.
Hepatica americana
Hepatica nobilis
Hepatica Japonica Murasaki
Hepatica transylvanica, Blue jewel

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Gorgeous plants Karl and Michael ! 

H. "Nidan Saki" is absolutely breathtaking !

[Lesley Cox]

Tetsuo-san, it looks like your flowers have plenty of pollen!

Now THERE'S a telling comment.

[art600]

Michael

[tetsuo]

Very nice Yukiwarisou, Karl and Michael!
We enjoy the pictures.

Peppa-san
Plenty of pollen are used for self crossing or crossing with others.
They seem to be Hyouzyunka ,but some have the gene of double form.
So I expect various colors and forms by self crossing of F1.
In some cases ,anthers need to be cut for getting pollen. But I would
seek help from magnifying glass .  Alas!

Tetsuo

[WimB]

Wonderful plants, Michael.

Love the H. jap. 'Haruno awayuki'  . Not so sure about the H. jap. 'Murasaki' though 

[Luc Gilgemyn]

I had two Hep's showing colour today ! 

1) and 2) Hepatica japonica - unnamed cultivar, that is even a darker pink in reality than on the picture.

3) Hepatica japonica "Urihime" - for some reason it's almost white this year instead of the usual light pink.  Anyone who has an explanation for this ?

[ronm]

Sorry Luc, I cant answer that question, don't really know Hepaticas at all. But I know that H.japonica - unnamed is gorgeous!

[tetsuo]

Very nice plants,Luc.

I can't explain the reason why the color of Hepatica change a little year by year.
But  I know from experience that hepatica flowers in a little different color,
especially with the case of crossing.
Sometimes different color of petals(sepal) appear in a same plant.
 tetsuo

[Peter Maguire]

That's quite an extreme difference! I've noticed that hepatica flowers change colour as they age (as do most flowers), sometimes looking very different when they are older compared with when they first open, but never such a variation at the same time on one plant.

[tetsuo]

 Sorry I do not know about the colour's change exactly.
But I will be able to guess flower's color is influenced by two factors.
First, environmental factor (PH etc.) will change color.
Second, the some genes regulate the Anthocyanin which control colour.
The hepatica picture which I posted is a cross between two different colors'.
More other factors will influence colors of plants .
I would be happy when I saw a new Hepatica of unforeseen color and form.

[YT]

Today, I had a meeting in the morning at Tokyo and had a time for a quick visiting to the largest hepatica exhibition in Japan after that. The exhibition was just held at The Ueno Green Club, Tokyo.

1.   The exhibition hall
2.   Ao-daishou, The grand prize 2012
3.   Ao-daishou, The grand prize 2012
4.   Ao-daishou, The grand prize 2012

[ronm]

Wow,  are needed for judging!

[YT]

Sorry for the poor quality of the pics, because the room light in the hall was always very week

5. Manten-no-Hoshi, The honorary chairman prize 2012
6. Manten-no-Hoshi, The honorary chairman prize 2012
7. Ruri-Iwai, The gold medal, single flower, new breeding section
8. Ruri-Iwai, The gold medal, single flower, new breeding section
9. Kaizan-Senri, The gold medal, miscellaneus section
10. Kaizan-Senri, The gold medal, miscellaneus section

[ronm]

Amazing flowers. Were any of the winners your plants YT?