Flowering Ping

[EHarris]

I wish ANY of the rest of mine were blooming. I think P. laueana and P. "libelulita" would make a cool hybrid, but no dice. But hey, if you want to make a trip down to Longmont with ANPA A you're welcome to the laueana pollen!

[hcarlton]

I think a trip that far just to nab pollen would be a bit much...though I have gone and stored what "ANPA A" has produced. Should gigantea or laueana bloom here, there will be a hybrid. And I'll have to remember to do the same in reverse if I can't be lucky enough to push them to bloom simultaneously.
Speaking of gigantea hybrids though:
P. emarginata x gigantea by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
And the other parent which simply can't be beat either
P. emarginata by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Also fun tiny things in bloom again
P. lusitanica by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
P. lusitanica by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

[EHarris]

Dang those are great! Love the tiny droplets on P. lusitanica.

[EHarris]

It's here! And another bud on the way.

[hcarlton]

Finally, I have a flower photo from the true 'Aphrodite'
P. 'Aphrodite' by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
P. 'Aphrodite' by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
And other pink things
P. moranensis x ehlersiae by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
P. moranensis x ehlersiae by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr