First bloom, new cross for me
9 years ago
It was almost five years in the making... but the first bloom of this cross is finally here. Actually, it's the second as the first (with two scapes, each of two flowers) got eaten by snails and slugs. Anyway, pod parent was xJohnsonii and pollen parent papilio. Now I'm waiting for the reverse cross to bloom.
Hope everyone's enjoying their hippeastrums!
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new crosses and predicting new bloom traits...
Comments (14)Interesting topic, I had a similar question but I guess you beat me to it :) I would like to add that it is not the entire plant that is considered dominant or recessive. Rather, it is each individual quality of the plant that is controlled by its genetic make up. Color, shape, plant size, etc, each have a set of controller genes that determine the plant's characteristics. When crossing plants, the parent's controller genes will line up and the "fight for dominance" begins. :) With seed crosses, each one of the thousands of seeds could potentially have a unique outcome of this fight for dominance. In one offspring, parent A's petal size could have dominated. But in another offspring, it could have been parent B's petal size that won. It is the breeder's hope that among these thousands of unique combinations, there will be at least one that stands out that they can consider as the final stage of breeding, or continue to use that in further crosses. Going with what Arthurm and cjwatson have stated that Enc. plicata appears to have been used in multiple crosses already, it indicates that the breeders are trying to get something desirable from this plant. Maybe they want it to contribute its flower count, or perhaps the shape of the inflorescence. I dont think there is any way of identifying orchids and indicate what traits they will impart on a cross with any level of certainty. Rather, we can only hope that it imparts the traits that we are looking for on some of the offspring - and discard the rest. We cannot say that "If orchid X is crossed with orchid Y, then parent X will always impart its color and flower size to the offspring". Given the genetic rock-paper-scissors situation, this might only be true part of the time....See MoreDoes maltese cross bloom the first year?
Comments (13)I wintersowed both Maltese Cross and Melton Fire Potentilla. The Maltese Cross are into their third year and have never bloomed (sigh). The first year they probably didn't get more than 2" tall. The second year, not much larger. This year, they're already 4" tall, so here's hoping. The potentiall was ws'd last year and did not bloom. They are huge, healthy, happy right now, but no blooms so far this year....See MoreYipeee my first crossing blooms
Comments (13)Josh they are not so small as they might look on the foto. ~ 18 cm in diameter. I think my others will take some more time. Zhey are in the same age, but i had some problems with that bloody mealybugs. They rejected the development of some and i lost some very precious! Best regards...See MoreA few first blooms, and a couple pretty first ever blooms.
Comments (11)Julia, Mabou is from a more Northern hybridizer. After several bboming years, last year was just so-so for Citrix, but it has mnay more blooms this year than last. Mantix, Indigo Edge is about the same size bloom as Citrix. Brad, I lost my first Spoken in Parables to voles, but liked it so well I replaced it. Jean, some of the fancies take more than one season to really settle in, and I will wait6 for this for CB. Debra, my eye is too easy to catch:). Thanks, Ruth, I like too many of them myself. Chris, I really figured Indigo Edge would have trouble opening, but it opened well, early. I bought Mabou because I love the photo New York Rita posted of hers. Thanks, Jean. Sorry I've been off a a couple days. My grandkids gifted me with a virus that put me down:) kay...See More- 9 years ago
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- 7 years ago
Hello friends, finally the reverse cross has bloomed - two more years down the line! I'm quite surprised that the results are similar, yet to my eye (and in the petal) this one has much more of a trumpet shape, more toward x johnsonii. I'm waiting on three more (with x johnsonii as the pod parent) to bloom, and the scapes are well on their way. Hope all is well with everyone's gardens, both indoors and out.
- 7 years ago
- 7 years ago
Another with a fair trumpet-like shape, but a much more creamy-green. I like it! x johnsonii is the pod parent for this one.
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