Hi All, back again, Busy forum I must say??? Yep Pinkbroms that batch had some interesting outcomes, though must say that the parentage of many seedlings were mixed up in the end as I decided that only wanted the ones I had selected to keep the name tags attached, the Ladd's eruption seedling, was just a fluke from the Neo Medusa x Neo Scarlet Charlotte or reverse cross greck. Good luck Ross it is all yours. Bob (bob61) yes, I have lots of choice hybrids, due to my insane addiction to growing broms from seed. That cross was soly aimed at producing a (pollen producing parent) clone to cross with Ae winklerii so as to reproduce Ae winklerii from seed. The intermediary hybrid is only a stepping stone. Good luck with your striped seedling, from experience many seedlings look promising though when they flower I often find them not as I would like?? good luck? Hi Nev & Rick, thanks for the image am sure that seedling (Ladd's eruption) would come from either Neoregelia Scarlet Charlotte x Neo Medus or reverse cross. Pretty . am busy so do not look at this forum much though occasionally will post so if you want to talk to me just email me. Hi Jack nice hearing from you again. Hi Pedro, is a bit late for using Ae. organensis (it was not around when I wanted it?) as have heaps of seedlings flowering from the hybrid cross flowering at this moment. Yep teach Pinkbroms to use photo shop and photo bucket will you???? lol Hi bromadams, the statment; "Just a very choice clone of Neoregelia I am using to introduce purple variegated foliage from a Nidularium innocentii hybrid, into the neoregelia genus." is actually a choice neoregelia which produces variegated seedlings which I am currnetly setting seed on with Nidularium 'Nana'. with the intention of producing Neolariums (your choice of names). The following image shows seedlings from Nidularium 'Nana' X Neoregelia Scarlet Charlotte, I was slack and lost the reverse cross due to damp off as both parents produced masses of seed and all seed was viable. The seedlings in this image are on the left and show variations in purple colour of foliage and the larger seedling is showing more neoregelia like qualities. This cross was an afterthought as I first tried to produce a Nidualarium by crossing Nid. 'nana' x Nidularium albiflorum though they would not produce seed while the neoregelia cross produced masses of seed? I do not come to this forum often. cheers allan

Thanks, All. E. Milliis and Thais are The prettiest and most colorful Euphorbia flowers around..not to mention all the new colors!! Makes one want to shop..lol.. Karen, I'd appreciate if you'd ask someone at the Plant Society. Rare or not, I was curious why colors differed. Thanks. Pug, I feel 'good inside' when you compliment my plants, especially after viewing all your beautys. When I see or think Adenium, the first thing that comes to mind is your huge, flower-filled Adenium..It's the best!!! Honest to God, yours is the prettiest I'd ever seen. Please post it again.. :) Now Stephania..Your Euphorbias are beautiful, much nicer than mine will ever be, but the difference is, I don't live in Thailand, let alone able to keep tropicals/succulents outdoors 365 days per year, and 366 on Leap Year. :) Even your Aglaonema, in Pic 4 is doing great. Again, much nicer than mine will ever look. Have you ever visited the US? I live in the Midwest. The center of United States. We endure gray/freezing/dry winters. Sunless and succulents don't mix. Even our summers are short, and seem to be getting shorter each year. So, yes, your Euphorbias are beautiful, and I'm sure you're proud showing them off..please don't take this the wrong way, but I don't post pics to compete. I too am proud when a plant flowers or variegation remains on leaves after several months of darkness. I also enjoy viewing others' plant pics..wish there were more.. BTW, I adore your E. Thai, last picture. I would love to find one...guess I'll start hunting..lol.. Would you happen to know its name? Again I want to thank everyone for your help..hugs, Toni

Kevin, Welcome to the discussions of zinnias. I am a zinnia hobbyist who has dabbled with breeding them for the last few years, and I find them to be quite interesting and entertaining. "I suppose I should like to see if one cannot create a truly dark purple" I share that goal. Zinnias are capable of deep purple and even mahogany shades, but unfortunately the best example of that color, a variety named Black Ruby, has been unavailable for many years. Zinnia Black Ruby won the 1941 AAS award, and it was a near-black dark purple-maroon. In yellowish incandescent light, it did appear black. Unfortunately, Black Ruby seems to be extinct, despite the AAS award. Some Persian Carpets have purples nearly as dark as Black Ruby. Black Ruby proved that zinnias are capable of extremely dark purples and maroons, but I haven't seen any in a cactus flowered zinnia. Zinnia Black Ruby was a Lilliput or Pompon class zinnia. If Black Ruby were still available, we could cross it with purple cactus specimens selected from commercial mixes and we would be well on our way to a really dark purple cactus flowered zinnia. Zinnia Dark Jewels might be a good place to start in a search for a dark purple cactus zinnia. I purchased several packets of Dark Jewels and plan to grow them out this Spring. Benary's Giant Wine is a step in that direction, but it isn't nearly as dark as you and I would like. Zinnia Persian Carpet has some individuals with purples nearly as deep as Black Ruby. By crossing Whirligigs with solid red, I got this two-tone red that combines plum and scarlet. It should be possible to get a deeper colored version of that. A related goal that I have is to breed a strain of Spider Flowered zinnias that are very dark, but have white or light pink or light yellow tips on its petals. At dusk, when the light was dim, all that you would see would be those light colored petal tips, and I think that would look kind of like fireworks. I have found that growing and breeding zinnias is a lot of fun. I have linked to a related group of "It can be fun to breed your own zinnias" message threads in messages above. ZM (not associated with any product or vendor mentioned)

Streaked Hostas are also expensive because they are unstable and need to be maintained. That is, each new eye will have a different amount of streaking, and they often produce reversions that are all solid colored or a normal variegated margin or such. The solid reversions in particular are stronger than the original and can overtake the plant if not cut off. Are some streakers more stable than others? The more variable random striping you see in a streaker the more likely it will produce eyes of the same. sometime you see a plant with just some streaking on one side of the plant. You will probably get good streaking on eyes that develop on that side of the plant and no streaking on the eyes on the other side. This will make more sense once you grow and see a few streakers.