a pic showing a few of the larger 2 yr. old seedlings I have:
a 1 yr old. seedling of the cross alata nigrapurpurea x (leucophyllya x gilpini). i guess it's still only a year old and too young to tell anything yet, but seemingly shows the coloration of the nigrapurpurea, and a slightly decumbent growth habit from the psittacina in its genes:
These next two are siblings from the same cross, which I am assuming is (alata x leuco) x (psitt x swaniana), since that's the only cross with psittacina involved I did from that particular year. These will be 2 years old in April. I have high hopes for these plants. At this stage they seem to show they will be kind of unique. The top plant appears to be completely upright, while its brother/sister shows the decumbency of psittacina:
A bloom from (alata x oreophila) x mitchelliana:
A bloom from the culitivar 'Cobra Nest', which I happen to be crossing with the previous plant:
A bloom from the anthocyanin-free leucophylla x rubra jonesii just getting ready to open:
Lastly, my pink ladyslippers have finally opened up:
a 1 yr old. seedling of the cross alata nigrapurpurea x (leucophyllya x gilpini). i guess it's still only a year old and too young to tell anything yet, but seemingly shows the coloration of the nigrapurpurea, and a slightly decumbent growth habit from the psittacina in its genes:
These next two are siblings from the same cross, which I am assuming is (alata x leuco) x (psitt x swaniana), since that's the only cross with psittacina involved I did from that particular year. These will be 2 years old in April. I have high hopes for these plants. At this stage they seem to show they will be kind of unique. The top plant appears to be completely upright, while its brother/sister shows the decumbency of psittacina:
A bloom from (alata x oreophila) x mitchelliana:
A bloom from the culitivar 'Cobra Nest', which I happen to be crossing with the previous plant:
A bloom from the anthocyanin-free leucophylla x rubra jonesii just getting ready to open:
Lastly, my pink ladyslippers have finally opened up: