Drosera5150 Posted September 16, 2009 Report Share Posted September 16, 2009 Hello Friends, Well, after a year and a half of waiting and keeping my fingers crossed, I'm pleased to introduce to you my new Pinguicula hybrid; P. macrophylla X P. AnPa D. or soon to be called "P. X Cherri Baby" :) And....here she is! And for the sake of easy comparison, here's the parents in smaller photo size; The flower of P. AnPa D; Here's the leaves and rosette of P. AnPa D. Notice the dark reddish "cherry" tint; Next, introducing P. macrophylla; Leaves and rosette of P. macrophylla; And last but not least, The leaves, flowers and rosette of the hybrid! The "cherry" tint to the leaves is passed from the P. AnPa D parent. Also, both parental traits are clearly visable in the hybrid's flower and leaf shape... Happy Growing, Brian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimfoxy Posted September 17, 2009 Report Share Posted September 17, 2009 Very nice, Brian! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drosera5150 Posted September 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2009 Thank you, Jim. Happy Growing, Brian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Rivadavia Posted September 18, 2009 Report Share Posted September 18, 2009 Congrats on the new hybrid Brian! And also on the really nice P.macrophylla, which is not too common in cultivation. I didn't remember what this ANPA plant was, so I went to look it up and found some interesting info: http://www.pinguicula.org/pages/plantes/pinguicula_ANPA.htm Apparently it has been in cultivation for quite a while and I am surprised that it hasn't been assigned a species name yet. It seems to me to be a smaller narrower-leaved P.moranensis, is it not? I see it was collected near Molango, Hidalgo state, where other populations are know of small P.moranensis are known to grow: http://www.pinguicula.org/A_world_of_Pingu...ostcard_6_1.htm This ANPA plant seems to be a lighter-colored flower form of the plants I saw in the link above. Anybody have more info on these plants? Best wishes, Fernando Rivadavia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebulon Posted September 19, 2009 Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 Good job Brian! I also really like crossing plants, but all my plants seem to flower at the wrong time. Im trying to cross my Pinguicula x 'Tina' with Pinguicula emarginata, but the flower of emarginata developes maybe too slowly. Greetings, Jarkko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drosera5150 Posted September 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 Hi Fernando and Jarkko, Thanks for the kind words! Fernando, Here's a good link showing the flowers of the four various "AnPa" forms. I think it is in the Czech language; http://www.freewebs.com/trainxpress/pinguiculaspanpa.htm In my opinion, P. AnPa D and the other P. AnPa forms are very comparable to the various forms of P. moranensis that I've grown over the years, just smaller leaves and flowers. However, they do seem much more picky about dormancy requirements than most P. moranensis in my experience and are much less forgiving in cultivation unless dormancy requirements are strictly met. Fernando, do you know if the ranges of P. macrophylla and any of the P. AnPa forms cross anywhere 'in situ'? Jarkko, In my opinion, the size of the pollen greatly dictates whether or not a Pinguicula is accepting of hybridization. Plus, I believe that some hybrids are totally sterile, especially if they consisit of multiple parentages, be it known or unknown. For example, multiple efforts by myself to backcross my hybrid (which would have made P. AnPa D X P. macrophylla) failed miserably! Upon inspection with a 30X hand-lens, the P. macrophylla pollen appeared much larger than that of P. AnPa D...which would explain why the stigma couldn't handle it, so to speak. Happy Growing to all, Brian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebulon Posted September 19, 2009 Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 Jarkko,In my opinion, the size of the pollen greatly dictates whether or not a Pinguicula is accepting of hybridization. Plus, I believe that some hybrids are totally sterile, especially if they consisit of multiple parentages, be it known or unknown. For example, multiple efforts by myself to backcross my hybrid (which would have made P. AnPa D X P. macrophylla) failed miserably! Upon inspection with a 30X hand-lens, the P. macrophylla pollen appeared much larger than that of P. AnPa D...which would explain why the stigma couldn't handle it, so to speak. Happy Growing to all, Brian. Oh, sounds pretty strange! I haven't inspected the pollen that carefully, so I can't say if that's the reason. Interesting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimfoxy Posted September 20, 2009 Report Share Posted September 20, 2009 Some hybrids have a lot of pollen but P. 'Tina' is not one of them. Has anybody made a cross with P.'Tina' as a parent? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drosera5150 Posted December 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 Hello Friends, Alas! Finally some definitive flower characteristics that clearly show influences from both plants involved in the hybrid cross; This flower is strongly influenced by the Pinguicula 'AnPa D' parent; And this one leans strongly towards the Pinguicula macrophyllaparent; Also, the leaves are still retaining their light cherry-tinted margins (P. AnPa D) and the extreme width of the P. macrophylla parent. Happy Growing....and Holidays to All, Brian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Vieweg Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 Hi Brian, congratulations, a nice hybrid! What you wrote about the size of the pollen and the stigma of the Pinguicula flower is even more interesting! I'll have to look at this my self next week! Thanks for showing! Regards Marcus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcelvW Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 Hi Brian, Very nice hybrid. I am glad you made an new hybrid, I think Pinguicula in general are an underrated genus within the Carnivorous plants family. Kind regards, Marcel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calek Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 Beautiful plant! Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drosera5150 Posted December 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 Thanks for the nice comments... Happy Growing....and Holidays, Brian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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