Hippeastrum ID query

Tim Eck teck11@embarqmail.com
Wed, 14 Jan 2015 07:42:18 PST

WHAT I FIND CONFUSING ABOUT HIPPEASTRUM BREEDING IS THE REPEATED CLAIM ON
VARIOUS WEBSITES THAT DIPLOID SPECIES CANNOT BE SUCCESSFULLY CROSSED WITH
THE BIG COMMERCIAL HYBRIDS, BECAUSE THE COMMERCIAL HYBRIDS ARE TETRAPLOID.
I WOULD HAVE EXPECTED THE OFFSPRING OF SUCH A CROSS TO BE VIABLE, THOUGH
STERILE, TRIPLOIDS.  IF THOSE CROSSES DO NOT PRODUCED OFFSPRING, IT SUGGESTS
THAT THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON.

NICK

I just checked my group seedling pots (mum pans) and the ones with a half
dozen or fewer were commercial x (species or primary) or (species or
primary) x commercial and the ones with 50 - 100 are (species or primary) x
(species or primary) or commercial x commercial.  
That explains a lot of my disappointments but not Nicks more basic question.
Anybody know where I can get some colchicine?
Tim







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