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bromadams

15 years ago

Here are some pics of my crosses of B. distachia with every thing I had available:

crossed with Neo marmorata clone?

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crossed with A distichantha both ways; B seed parent on left, A seed parent on right:

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bromadams
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15 years ago
Not sure about this one, seed parent was the same A distichantha but I'm thinking the pollen parent was C 'Ti' but it could be a xBillmea although that pink is more likely from C 'Ti' than B distachia.

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splinter1804
15 years ago
Hi Bromadams

What an interesting, crazy, mixed up, lot of kids! The first and the last ones have got me guessing.

The possibilities of bigeneric crosses are just mind boggling and I hope you get something worthwhile for your efforts. Will you please post some more pic's of their path to maturity?

Thanks for the interesting pic's, all the best, Nev.
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O.K. - So bromadams is the old W.L.? Congratulations on that first pictured result. It sure does have a crypt look about it, at this stage. Your seedlings have made excellent progress in just 5 months. My seedlings of a selfed B. zebrina look similar to your second photo, but not as advanced yet. I think it is still too early for yours to be identified as a cross between B.distachia and an aechmea - but fingers crossed for you. I get confused with the way you use the term "grex". My understanding of that term is: the one formula of parentage, i.e. seedlings from a specific grex all have the same parents, whether it be an intergeneric cross or a cross within the same genus. Maybe I'm wrong there? Good luck with them! Cheers. Kerry
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bromadams
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15 years ago
Here is a better picture of what I now think is a xCryptmea. The reason I think it has Cryptanthus as the pollen parent is the thick and solid leaves that are very succulent like. I have 2 others that look similar, including one that is quite a bit bigger, but this one has the most pink. The good news is that the bigger one has enough of a tank that it looks like it holds water all the time and looks quite healthy. If that is true then they probably won't die off like my xCryptbergias did. Still, I think I'll treat them as terrestrials and put them in bigger pots.

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I still have one more seedling from the Billbergia seed parent that confounds me. It has an odd upright form with narrow leaves and I always expected it to die, but it hasn't. Maybe in 6-9 months I'll figure that one out.
bromadams
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15 years ago
Could this still be half neo marmorata clone? I never expected zonation.

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