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Post by daniel on Feb 10, 2013 20:41:35 GMT -5
Hi all, time for reactivating the forum, lol. Here is my next hybrid, somehow it looks like a hairy D. ascendens but in this case D. ascendens is not one of the parents. Some time ago i crossed D. graomogolensis ´Itacambira´ with D. tomentosa var. tomentosa ´Morro do Jambeiro´ and now the plants are going to flower for the first time. The plants are nearly as big as D. graomogolensis is but they have an extremely hairy flower scape which is glandular as well. I do grow two pots with these hybrids, the single plant tried to flower in the past but somehow the flower scape stopped to develop. This pot receives less light than the other one (full of plants) and that´s the reason why the plant is not so deeply coloured. And here we go. First the not so deeply coloured plant a few days before......... emerging flower scape [/img]http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc230/Dani666_photos_2007/P1300458a_zpsc61c533b.jpg And here are the more coloured plants. I hope you like it. Best regards, Dani
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Post by marcel on Feb 11, 2013 11:15:09 GMT -5
Generally not too fond of hybrids but this is a good looking plant! Well done
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Post by daniel on Feb 11, 2013 18:50:00 GMT -5
Thanks Marcel. Maybe such hybrids do exist in nature as well.
Best regards, Dani
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Post by Brian Barnes on Feb 14, 2013 12:04:29 GMT -5
Fantastic plant and photos! It made my day. Thanks! Brian
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Post by daniel on Feb 14, 2013 19:53:17 GMT -5
Thanks Brian. Hopefully it´s fertil and will produce some seed. Soon the first flowers will open and of course i will show them here as well. Best regards, Dani
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Post by daniel on Feb 24, 2013 21:58:03 GMT -5
Hi again, and here you can see the differences between D. graomogolensis (left) and the hybrid (right). a closer look another D. graomogolensis at the left Hopefully i will see some open flowers these days, the first flowers i missed. Best regards, Dani
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Post by Brian Barnes on Feb 26, 2013 10:32:48 GMT -5
Hi Dani,
Indeed...very distinct differences. Congratulations on your successful crossing! ;D
Brian
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Post by daniel on Mar 21, 2013 22:20:05 GMT -5
Thanks Brian. Here is an update, meanwhile the plants are in flower. The flowers are smaller than the flowers of D. graomogolensis but the distance between the stamen and stigma is relatively big so i had to pollinate them like it´s the case of D. graomogolensis. Hopefully it will produce some seed. Here are some pictures. Not all flowers are equal, flowers with shorter stigma. flowers with longer stigma comparison with D. tomentosa var. tomentosa (left) comparison with D. graomogolensis (left) I hope you like them. Best regards, Dani
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