Rhodophiala hybrds

Nicholas plummer nickplummer@gmail.com
Thu, 25 Aug 2016 07:59:02 PDT
I think this is the tri-generic Dave Lehmiller hybrid that Cynthia Mueller
mentioned.
http://blog.plantdelights.com/xhowardara-little-pr…

I saw it blooming at PDN last year.  It was very brightly colored and
extremely cute.

Nick

On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 10:16 AM, Cynthia Mueller <cynthiasbulbs@hotmail.com
> wrote:

> Dennis, I think today I'll put pink Rhodophiala pollen on an out-of-season
> Hippeastrelia flower in my garden (and vice versa). You never know...but
> the interesting cross that Dave Lehmiller made was between Sprekelia,
> Hippeastrelia and Zephyranthes traubii, I think. The Z. Traubii went a long
> way evidently in creating a small plant like a rain lily.
>
> Cynthia W Mueller
>
>
> >>
> >>
> >> Dave Lehmiller produced all kinds of intergeneric crosses between
> >> Habranthus, Zephyranthes, Sprekelia, Hippeastrum, and Rhodophiala,
> >> including several very striking tri-generic crosses. He has retired from
> >> growing Crinum and these other species and sold or turned over almost
> all
> >> of his stock to people like Herb Kelly. I saw some of this stock sold at
> >> very high prices (in the hundreds of dollars per bulb) right before the
> IBS
> >> went out of business.
> >>
> >> --Lee Poulsen
> >> Pasadena, California, USA - USDA Zone 10a
> >> Latitude 34°N, Altitude 1150 ft/350 m
> >>
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