Daniel O. Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 (edited) Hi all, it´s no wonder after i was able to cross D. ascendens ("Bandeira Peak") with D. tomentosa var. tomentosa (´Morro Do Jambeiro, Minas Gerais, Brazil´) some time ago that the reciprocal crossing should work as well. I waited with showing pictures of that crossing until the plants have grown up to majority. So here are the resulting plants of D. tomentosa var. tomentosa x ascendens. In my eyes the plants look almost identical, the leaf shape, the hainess on the lower side of the leafes, the size of the plants and the hairness of the flower scapes seem to be almost the same. Only the colouration is a little bit different. I wonder if the flowers will also look identical but it will take some time until the first flowers will open. Here is the link to the plants i showed last year (D. ascendens x tomentosa var. tomentosa) where you can also see how the parents look like: D. ascendens x tomentosa var. tomentosa And here are the pictures of D. tomentosa var. tomentosa x ascendens and for comparison i took also some pictures of D. ascendens x tomentosa var. tomentosa side by side to the new crossing. on the left is the new crossing and again alone Best regards, Dani Edited August 22, 2012 by Daniel O. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Hingst Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 Nice progress Dani - really a beauty. Congrats Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khelljuhg Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 Fantastic! Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Rohrbacher Posted December 22, 2011 Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 Nice pictures Daniel, congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimscott Posted December 22, 2011 Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 Absolutely gorgeous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel O. Posted December 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2011 Many thanks to all of you. Best regards, Dani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobias Kulig Posted December 24, 2011 Report Share Posted December 24, 2011 Hi Dani, a fantastic hybrid!! Are these from seeds from F1 or F2 generation? best regards and merry x-mas Tobias Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel O. Posted December 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2011 Many thanks Tobias. These plants are the F1 generation. Merry Christmas, Dani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadly Weapon Posted December 25, 2011 Report Share Posted December 25, 2011 Very gorgeous plant. What are the growing conditions that you give for this hybrid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel O. Posted December 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 Thanks. It seems to be an easy grower, watering year-round by the tray method (permanetly about 1-2cm), artificial lights, the day temperatures in the moment are about 20-22 degree, at night about 12-15 degree. For sure the night temperatures will go down the next few weeks but last year they have continued growing without any problems. But they also don´t have any problems with high temperatures during summer. They do not grow in a terrarium, they grow in open trays in my house. Best regards, Dani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sockhom Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 What a beautiful plant Daniel! François. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Rivadavia Posted December 30, 2011 Report Share Posted December 30, 2011 Thanks and congrats!!! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel O. Posted January 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 Many thanks. In a few days the flowers will open so i will be able to take some pictures of them. The D. ascendens x tomentosa var. tomentosa hybrids are also in flower in the moment so i will be able to compare them. Best regards, Dani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel O. Posted January 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 (edited) Hi all, a few days ago the first flowers opened and i was very surprised to see 4 open flowers at the same time, it looked really great. The flowers are nearly 2cm in diameter and are as big as the flowers of the reciprocal crossing, in fact much bigger than the flowers of D. tomentosa var. tomentosa. In the upper part the flower scapes are hairless. And here the comparison between this crossing (D. tomentosa var. tomentosa x ascendens) and the reciprocal crossing (D. ascendens x tomentosa var. tomentosa), the flower at the left is the one of the reciprocal crossing, the others are these from above. yesterday only one flower opened Interestingly both hybrids do have much longer flower scapes than each species itself has. Best regards, Dani Edited January 24, 2012 by Daniel O. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miloslav Macháček Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 They are really wonderful flowers :-) great shots! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Rivadavia Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 Very nice, thanks!!! I often see this hybrid vigor with natural crosses in Brazil, where flower scapes and flower size are larger than in the original parents. Congrats! Fernando Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Rohrbacher Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 Oh, nice flowers in very good pictures. Thanks for sharing, Daniel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel O. Posted February 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 Again many thanks. @Fernando, the flower scapes of D. tomentosa var. tomentosa x D. tomentosa var. glabrata (and the reciprocal crossing), D. ascendens x schwackei, D. tomentosa var. glabrata x D. graomogolensis and D. schwackei x tomentosa var. tomentosa are also much longer than in the parents. Best regards, Dani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Rivadavia Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 Thanks for the info Dani! I wonder why this hybrid vigor is so pronounced in flower scape length....?? F Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel O. Posted February 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 (edited) I wonder why this hybrid vigor is so pronounced in flower scape length....?? I have not really an idea but it´s strange that all these hybrids do have longer flower scapes. But perhaps these longer scapes are a method to increase the chance to be pollinated and thereby to be established. Best regards, Dani Edited February 3, 2012 by Daniel O. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Rivadavia Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 But perhaps these longer scapes are a method to increase the chance to be pollinated and thereby to be established. Well, these hybrids are not selected for or else they would be the new species, the majority. ;) So the longer flower scapes must be a side effect of the hybridization, something gone goofy in the two genome metabolism. F Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel G Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 Whoah! Eyeball overload! So beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel O. Posted August 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 Oh, i have totally forgotten to do a little update. Like the reciprocal crossing this crossing also produced seed and it germinated in high quantity. Best regards, Dani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Rohrbacher Posted August 23, 2012 Report Share Posted August 23, 2012 Humm, seedlings pictures please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodrigo Posted August 23, 2012 Report Share Posted August 23, 2012 Lovely photos Daniel, the flowers of this hybrid were very beautiful. Best regards, Rodrigo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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