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Amaryllis/Hippeastrum

Just curious.... Evergreen x calyptratum

6 years ago

Has anyone ever gotten seeds from this pairing? I assume the color would be green, but what might one imagine the flower shape to be? I thought I might try this pairing one day in the future. Is anyone growing out any seedlings or might someone have seen one in bloom?

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oleg9grower

6 years ago

Not necessary. When hybridizing different species, the green color of the flower may be absent.

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lokai99
Original Author
6 years ago
I have recently become interested in the possible shapes of calyptratum hybrids.
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oleg9grower
6 years ago
Even if he had both parents.
oleg9grower
6 years ago
Yes, and it should be borne in mind that calypratum flowers

have the smell of burning plastic.
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lokai99
Original Author
6 years ago
Many people like a Hippeastrum with fragrance... but perhaps that's not the fragrance most have in mind.... :) .... I was imagining that perhaps calyptratum might endow its hybrid offspring with more upward tilted flowers,
dondeldux z6b South Shore Massachusetts
6 years ago
Joey, Google Fall Star which appears to be an aulicum x calyptratum hybrid and I'm told it really "stinks" as does calyptratum...mine has jet to bloom. Also, I think you may find some on the internet if you just Google calyptratum crosses.....
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jstropic (10a)
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
I have some seedlings of Evergreen and Papilio (doran) and some Evergreen (self). They were started this year so have some time to go before flowering. I was hoping with the Papilio cross to get some of the shape and striping from Papilio and get more flowers from Evergreen. Hoping also to keep the multi colors from Papilio, but we will have to wait and see. These are the only Evergreen crosses I have.

My calyptratum lived, pupped and died. - J
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dondeldux z6b South Shore Massachusetts
6 years ago
Jody,

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Then I bought a tiny one from Telos and so far, that is still alive....

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lokai99
Original Author
6 years ago
Evergreen x papilio is somehing I also have wanted to try and I hope to the maiden blooms of your cross in the next few years. If my papilio blooms this year, I will try to use Graffiti as a pollen parent.

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