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Specific Families and Genera => Pleione and Orchidaceae => Topic started by: Gerhard Raschun on September 19, 2008, 07:52:03 PM

Title: New Dactylorhiza hybrid
Post by: Gerhard Raschun on September 19, 2008, 07:52:03 PM: Here are the first pict of my new Dactylorhiza hybrid.

It is the cross of Dact. coccinea (Irland) and Dact. foliosa (Madeira endemic).

A great number of seedlings have flowered in the first season out of flask.
Title: Re: New Dactylorhiza hybrid
Post by: Paddy Tobin on September 19, 2008, 09:24:04 PM: With good Irish blood it is, of course, an excellent plant.

Really, a lovely plant. Well done on raising it.

Paddy
Title: Re: New Dactylorhiza hybrid
Post by: Maggi Young on September 19, 2008, 09:35:47 PM: Gerhard, this is very promising, that they are flowering so soon, isn't it? Lovely colour to the flower. 8)
Title: Re: New Dactylorhiza hybrid
Post by: Craig on September 21, 2008, 10:34:14 PM: Nice work Gerhard, you must be ;D

Best Wishes

Craig
Title: Re: New Dactylorhiza hybrid
Post by: ChrisB on September 22, 2008, 10:02:09 AM: That's a mighty fine plant Gerhard, well done!!!
Title: Re: New Dactylorhiza hybrid
Post by: Joakim B on September 22, 2008, 01:32:03 PM: Gerhard well done :)
How tall is it? The parents vary in hight so it is not easy to know.
kind regards
Joakim
Title: Re: New Dactylorhiza hybrid
Post by: Gerhard Raschun on September 27, 2008, 10:19:46 AM: This year the flowering plants reach highs up to 20 cm.But it is the first year exflask, and I hope plants will show taller and more flowers-number in the next season !
Title: Re: New Dactylorhiza hybrid
Post by: Joakim B on October 02, 2008, 10:52:13 PM: Gerhard it will be interesting to see it next year 8)
Kid regards
Joakim
Title: Re: New Dactylorhiza hybrid
Post by: Paul T on October 05, 2008, 12:37:19 PM: Well done!! Will be interesting to see the variance in flowers on the seedlings. Please keep us posted on the results.
Title: Re: New Dactylorhiza hybrid
Post by: Gerhard Raschun on October 05, 2008, 07:06:09 PM: Quote from: Paul T on October 05, 2008, 12:37:19 PM
Well done!! Will be interesting to see the variance in flowers on the seedlings. Please keep us posted on the results.

approx. 20 seedlings have flowered in the first year.But it wasn`t possible to recognized any variance in flowers.That isn`t usual for the hybrids of the genus.
Title: Re: New Dactylorhiza hybrid
Post by: Paul T on October 05, 2008, 10:24:38 PM: Wow! 20 seedling flowering identically is very unusual for a hybrid isn't it? Maybe because this is a primary hybrid they are so similar, but I guess that crossing these seedlings would result in lots more variability though as the grand-parental genes were expressed in different ways? It is beautiful, and you would now be able to make a stunning display of it. ;) Of course, I expect that you were thinking you'd see more differences?