Title: xAmarine
Post by: Diane Whitehead on October 16, 2022, 02:31:40 PM
Post by: Diane Whitehead on October 16, 2022, 02:31:40 PM
My granddaughter noticed that a couple of pots of Nerine were different - bigger flowers and two broader leaves.
I assume they are xAmarine, a hybrid between Amaryllis belladonna and a Nerine.
Are they fertile?
I assume they are xAmarine, a hybrid between Amaryllis belladonna and a Nerine.
Are they fertile?
Title: Re: xAmarine
Post by: Uli on October 17, 2022, 01:06:28 PM
Post by: Uli on October 17, 2022, 01:06:28 PM
Hello Diane,
I grow several different X Amarine of the Belladiva series which do very well here. I have tried to pollinate but so far no seed set for several years. I wonder if it could be a chromosome problem?
Bye for now
Uli
I grow several different X Amarine of the Belladiva series which do very well here. I have tried to pollinate but so far no seed set for several years. I wonder if it could be a chromosome problem?
Bye for now
Uli
Title: Re: xAmarine
Post by: CG100 on October 17, 2022, 01:16:55 PM
Post by: CG100 on October 17, 2022, 01:16:55 PM
Online sources suggest that both Amaryllis and Nerine have 2n=22 chromosomes, so hybrids would be expected to be fertile.
But nothing in life is guaranteed......................
But nothing in life is guaranteed......................
Title: Re: xAmarine
Post by: Martin Bohnet on October 18, 2022, 11:18:06 PM
Post by: Martin Bohnet on October 18, 2022, 11:18:06 PM
Quote from: Uli on October 17, 2022, 01:06:28 PMI grow several different X Amarine of the Belladiva series which do very well here. I have tried to pollinate but so far no seed set for several years. I wonder if it could be a chromosome problem?
same for me (including the fact that one specimen actually has proven hardy and flowering in the open garden - it figures, as both Nerine bowdenii
PS: I really have to figure out why the nerine site doesn't find propper Previews with the species-bbc
Title: Re: xAmarine
Post by: CG100 on October 19, 2022, 12:17:51 AM
Post by: CG100 on October 19, 2022, 12:17:51 AM
Triploid?
Title: Re: xAmarine
Post by: Wylie on October 19, 2022, 12:29:56 PM
Post by: Wylie on October 19, 2022, 12:29:56 PM
I have gotten seed crossing xAmarine with white Amaryllis belladonna. The problem is getting them to bloom at the same time.
Title: Re: xAmarine
Post by: Diane Whitehead on October 19, 2022, 12:36:00 PM
Post by: Diane Whitehead on October 19, 2022, 12:36:00 PM
Good! Have any of those back-crossed seedlings flowered yet?
Title: Re: xAmarine
Post by: Wylie on October 20, 2022, 01:14:59 AM
Post by: Wylie on October 20, 2022, 01:14:59 AM
Not yet, but I keep hoping that this is the year. I grew a Strelitzia nicolai from seed, and that took 11 years of saying, "Maybe next year". I also have my own crosses of Amaryllis x Nerines from the Exbury collection that I am waiting on.
Title: Re: xAmarine
Post by: Martin Bohnet on October 20, 2022, 02:13:09 AM
Post by: Martin Bohnet on October 20, 2022, 02:13:09 AM
Quote from: Wylie on October 20, 2022, 01:14:59 AMAmaryllis x Nerines from the Exbury collectionNow those will be interesting - I've only ever seen bowdenii-based crosses. We're expecting pictures once they're in flower!
Title: Re: xAmarine
Post by: Wylie on October 21, 2022, 12:09:27 AM
Post by: Wylie on October 21, 2022, 12:09:27 AM
I sent some of the bulbs to Uli a couple of years ago, so one of us will have some results soon, I hope.
Title: Re: xAmarine
Post by: Diane Whitehead on November 24, 2022, 10:51:58 AM
Post by: Diane Whitehead on November 24, 2022, 10:51:58 AM
My granddaughter found a couple more at the garden centre where she works.
Here is one, with 13 flowers.
xAmarine_.jpg
Here is one, with 13 flowers.
xAmarine_.jpg