xAmarine

Started by Diane Whitehead, October 16, 2022, 02:31:40 PM

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Diane Whitehead

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?
Diane Whitehead        Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
cool mediterranean climate  warm dry summers, mild wet winters  70 cm rain,   sandy soil

Uli

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 
Uli
Algarve, Portugal
350m elevation, frost free
Mediterranean Climate

CG100

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......................

Martin Bohnet

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
and Amaryllis belladonna
are borderline hardy here.) I also tried pollinating with the smaller nerines, Nerine filifolia
and Nerine undulata
. no seeds.

PS: I really have to figure out why the nerine site doesn't find propper Previews with the species-bbc
Martin (pronouns: he/his/him)

CG100


Wylie

I have gotten seed crossing xAmarine with white Amaryllis belladonna. The problem is getting them to bloom at the same time.

Diane Whitehead

Good!  Have any of those back-crossed seedlings flowered yet?
Diane Whitehead        Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
cool mediterranean climate  warm dry summers, mild wet winters  70 cm rain,   sandy soil

Wylie

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.

Martin Bohnet

Quote from: Wylie on October 20, 2022, 01:14:59 AMAmaryllis x Nerines from the Exbury collection
Now those will be interesting - I've only ever seen bowdenii-based crosses. We're expecting pictures once they're in flower!
Martin (pronouns: he/his/him)

Wylie

I sent some of the bulbs to Uli a couple of years ago, so one of us will have some results soon, I hope.

Diane Whitehead

My granddaughter found a couple more at the garden centre where she works.

Here is one, with 13 flowers.

xAmarine_.jpg
Diane Whitehead        Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
cool mediterranean climate  warm dry summers, mild wet winters  70 cm rain,   sandy soil