H. Papilio Problems
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Comments (22)Good Morning Hans-Werner! Ahhhh, more beautiful babies! Those 2 seedlings appear to be the start of a new and very promising line :) I can comiserate with you on the low production/viability of seeds from this type of cross. Pink Floyd X Appleblossom gave me 3 good seedlings, Ruby Meyer X White Christmas gave 2 and Minerva X Emerald, well 2 germinated weakly but died within a few weeks. I will try it again this season with more mature bulbs. Lora...See MoreExotica x h. papilio sprouting seeds
Comments (13)Hi Anja, Yes!! I have 2 or 3 decent sized seedlings growing from this cross!! They aren't about to bloom any time soon but they are growing well so maybe in a year or so? As for my Ferrari x papilio, the first flower has totally wilted so I was so encouraged that I did another and I also did a Jungle Star. This Ferrari that snuck in through the back door so to speak, is totally well rooted and has 6 strong leaves so as she was uninvited, she couldn't be more well behaved!!! I dare not get too excited about possible seeds as I know the tricks that these bulbs can play on us!! I have yet another scape just up about an inch that will come later. Three scapes, the first two with 4 flowers each and I can't even take a decent picture!!! Oh well, now I know and will always have a Ferrari in my collection!! The funny thing is that about 6 or 7 years ago I bought a Ferrari to give as a gift to a family member who had the same last name and I remember how gorgeous the flower was but she killed the bulb by cutting off the green leaves!! I asked her why in the world she cut the leaves and I guess I wasn't very nice about it and she was very annoyed so I just forgot about this bulb!! Last year was nearly a total disaster in the seed department but this year appears that it is going to be better. Jungle Star as well as La Paz also Midori no Juni have set several pods as well as a tantalizing tease of Sonatini # 1810 (striped leaves) on Exotic Star of all things that wilted the day after I put on the pollen, dare I hope!?!? I may be looking for some homes if all these pods do well, but of course I remember saying the same thing last year and nothing took but the anticipation is fun during this cold but nice (so far) winter!! Donna...See MoreWho am I if not H. papilio?
Comments (21)Kristi, thanks for your trouble! I'll be looking forward to that. Hans-Werner, I am sure there are differences in the bulb shape. The supplier wrote back to me, that he "checked with the storage and they where sure they supplied the right variety". But I can't believe that the vigorous leaves that are described for H. papilio would emerge from such a tiny neck. The bulb looks very much like my "Emerald" where the leaves came out of the neck somewhat folded in on the sides and once a stake got stuck - those of H. papilio should have more problems because of their bigger size....See MoreH.papilio x "Grand Cru"
Comments (7)Thank you! Please consider that this is just 2 siblings. Which demonstrates, that crosspollinations of H.papilio, from TETraploids with large bloom, will yield the "impressive" with a HIGH likelihood. The main thing that anybody has to do in the first place is to build up a stock of H.papilio. Namely, in order to obtain enough bloom to pollinate. Bcz the actual bottleneck is the extremely low count of VIABLE seeds within the abundance of seeds per seed pod which is up to 120 after pollination from TETraploids. Vegetative multiplication is easy, since this Species Knight Star Lily multiplies well from offsets, well at least if the bulbs are not already old. But you will not likely obtain old bulbs if you purchase bulbs from commercial production....See Moremariava7
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