Thanks Marlon. With the two different 'Oik' setting seed - I'm almost embarrassed to say that I won't know precisely the complete other 1/2 of the parentage until the seedlings are old enough (circa 1 year) - that is if I'm lucky enough to get germination. Candidates are pollen from 'Sal' on one, and castilloniae (a "normal" one from Germany), and the other 'Oik' got pollen from 'Salt', 'Dark Shadows', and I think the last flower or two got some from my other castilloniae (from Hungary - weird one with bumps on leaves). I did not want to lose opportunities for each flower to set seed, so if there was no pollen seen on the paint brush from one donor, then I used another. I guess I could accurately describe the pollination theme as a round robin tournament, with the winners to be determined later. However, I only used the pollen from plants I like a lot, and which I felt could add interesting potential qualities in the seedlings. There were other choices as well, but nothing I felt would potentially add improvement to the progeny (speculation of course - who really knows for sure until it's done). So, it's all good... I think. At the least, the seedling batches will probably show some interesting variation.Marlon Machado wrote:Great Tom! And nice crosses too. I am curious to see what the Oik seedlings will look like.
Steph - nice job. Like your A. peglerae, these non-hybrid seedlings of A. melancantha I've got going are quite slow, also pudgy (and funny looking), and maybe got too much light (more red than I'd like to see - LED lighting). When I see they've gone too far with the light, evidenced by turning red, I put a colored lid sideways over the container, to filter some of that light, and then new leaves come back in green. For seedlings, I think green is good.