[pbs] Crossing Hippeastrelia
Adam Fikso
adam14113 at ameritech.net
Wed Jan 3 11:34:43 EST 2007
I have seedlings from (Hippeastrum x johnsonii x Sprekelia formossissima) x
self both 1 year and 2 year babies in pots that are from crosses I made.
The H. x johnsonii appears to be the real thing as it is somewhat more
gracile than some of what I take to be later confusions with the original or
latter-day similarly colored Hippeastrums that have broader tepals. It was
about 18" , with 4 flowers (bought on eBay) from a lady in the South who
said that she had had it her garden for many years. One crop is a self from
a Hippeastrelia labelled 'Durga Pradhan', the other was my repeat of the
cross, and not properly designated as DP. Don't know if johnsonii is
triploid. I suspect that it is not.
----- Original Message -----
From: "J.E. Shields" <jshields at indy.net>
To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 9:21 AM
Subject: Re: [pbs] Crossing Hippeastrelia
> Hi all,
>
> Is Hippeastrum x-johnsonii a triploid? Is it ever fertile?
>
> We used its pollen a year ago and set pods on a couple of plants,
> including
> H. evansiae and a big commercial hybrid. Putting pollen on johnsonii
> itself gave us no seeds.
>
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