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My cross between Capensis Typical X Albino are in their second year of growth. There are a couple of particular interest. One I deemed Hannah and have not picked a name for the other yet. They flowered this week and I noticed the flowers today. Hannah has a light pick flower with light pink tenticles. The other has dark pink to red tenticles, but has a flower that is so light pink it almost appears white. Both will grow from cuttings, but have not produced from root yet.
 
Congrats! I will attempt this hybrid if and when I can get both D.capensis and D.capensis albino to flower at the same time.
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Congratulations, Rose! How did you pollinate them and how long after blooming did you attempt to do so?
 
Looks like you are on your way to naming a cultivar, once you determine if the character is maintained? Should be intersting to see how the f2 genertion turns out. Any photos?
 
I pollinated by two means. One I took the anthers off of an Albino flower and pollinated the stamina with an anther from the typical. The second was the reverse. I was lucky and the two parent plants were flowering for a long time together. The flowers that were used for seed were freshily opened so as to make sure that the plants did not self pollinate. I can tell you that the Albino is dominate in this mix.
 
Ah yes, I keep meaning to ask you about the Hannah. You auctioned off one last year, and I almost killed it! Thankfully it gave me an offshoot and the offshoot is quite happy. I look foward to hearing more about it. Wasn't it named after your daughter? I think I remember that right.
 
Yes it was. Has it flowered for you?
 
It flowered last year; but the flowers never got pollinated other than when they closed. I cut it off about the time it finished flowering.
 
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