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Meconopsis / Re: Meconopsis 2024
« Last post by arisaema on April 29, 2024, 10:17:17 AM »M. xcookei has always been described as sterile, so it would be very interesting to see photos of your plants when they flower. Could they have back-crossed with either of the parents?
No back-crossing, it's the only Meconopsis in my mother's garden... They're from a cross I made back in 2009 or so, I sold a bunch of them thinking it was regular punicea before realizing I had succeded. (One full pod of seeds out of some 10 attempt.) Some are loosely clumping, some running, some pink and some purple.
It's not very fertile, I have some 10 seedlings out of maybe 100 decent looking seeds collected 2019-23, although there's a chance more will germinate next year.
Old gallery here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.330369960427523&type=3
...and a couple of divisions flowering in Denmark now: