Very interesting Eric ! ;)
Fascinating to see what a huge difference there is between bulbs that have germinated all at the same time.
I wonder if in future, the "fast" growers will prove to be the fastest multipliers as well ??
Thank you all for the info.
Eric
That is spectacular to see. Such a difference between to crosses. Is this also done at home or do you make use of seed sowing services?
That first cross produced a massive number of seedlings. What do you do with these once they are flowering size and are not the result you had hoped for? Do you just trow them away? If you follow the advice from Brian Ritterhausen in his book, you should trow away the biggest and strongest seedlings before replating. He says that these are often not the best and can have deformed flowers. Any experience with this?
Hi Pieter
Yes I use a seed sowing service as I have not the time or space to do this myself. It is a much more expensive way of doing this, but I consider it a price worth paying.
I have so far over twenty crosses in various stages and intend to add to this each year.
I send off my seedpods around mid November and collect the flasks back fifteen months later, around early Feb. These are still in growth then so I let these go dormant and replant them in compost around early April.
I will see how the crosses turn out in time but I am sure others will be interested in them even if they turn out to be nothing special . I don"t think throwing them away will be an option and certainly not for my first hybrids.
Photo shown is a flask collected this time last year and the plants just starting to go dormant.
Eric
| aurita - flower colour - flower shape? x barabarae - flower shape bulbocodioides - dark coloration - possibly a colour intensifier? chunii - flower shape - asymmetric markings on lip formosana - different colour of lip than petals en sepals forresti - dark red lip markings grandiflora - flower shape hookeriana - typical round lip markings humilis - dark red lip markings even between the papillae limprichti - markings on the complete lip pleionoides - intens pink colour, lip markings yunnanensis - typical angular lip markings |
| species trait n crosses visible % aurita Flower colour 12 8 66 Flower shape 12 9 75 Yellow moon shaped marking on the lip 12 7 58 |
I guess that when a trait is expressed in 75% of the cases you can surely say it is a dominating trait.
Hi everybody.
Pieter, your list is very interesting. I think everybody had to consider which species will use for parents and what they expect from their offspring. I think about lip color, shape etc. By my opinion the Alde Saran looks too much like pure P. bulbocodioides. So I think it isn't too beneficial have so many same looking hybrids.
Karel.